4N051 SSgt WAPS - Full SKT latest update

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Anterograde (Posttraumatic) Amnesia - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔Inability to remember events after an injury. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Basilar Skull Fractures - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Usually occur
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following diffuse impact to the head (such as falls, motor vehicle
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crashes); generally result from extension of a linear fracture to
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the base of the skull and can be difficult to diagnose with a
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radiograph (x-ray). |\




Battle's Sign - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bruising behind an ear
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over the mastoid process that may indicate a skull fracture.
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Cerebral Edema - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Swelling of the brain.
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Closed Head Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Injury in which the
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brain ahs been injured but the skin has not been broken and
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there is no obvious bleeding.
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Concussion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A temporary loss or |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


alteration of part of all of the brain's abilities to function without
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actual physical damage to the brain.
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Connecting Nerves - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Nerves in the spinal
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cord that connect the motor and sensory nerves.
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,Coup-Contrecoup Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dual impacting |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


of the brain into the skull; coup injury occurs at the point of
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impact; Contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of impact,
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as the brain rebounds.
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Distraction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the action of pulling the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


spine along its length. |\ |\ |\




Epidural Hematoma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An accumulation of
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blood between the skull and the dura mater.
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Eyes-Forward Position - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A head position in |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


which the patient's eyes are looking straight ahead and the head
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and torso are in line.
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Four-Person Log Roll - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The recommended |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


procedure for moving a patient with a suspected spinal injury
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from the ground to a long backboard.
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Intervertebral Disk - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The cushion that lies |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


between two vertebrae.
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Intracerebral Hematoma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bleeding within |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


the brain tissue (parenchyma) itself; also referred to as an
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intraparenchymal hematoma. |\




ICP - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Intracranial Pressure.
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,Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The pressure
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within the cranial vault.
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Involuntary Activities - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Actions of the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


body that are not under a person's conscious control.
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Linear Skull Fractures - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Account for 80%
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of skull fractures; also referred to as nondisplaced skull fractures;
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commonly occur in the temporal-parietal region of the skull; not
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associated with deformities to the skull. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Meninges - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Three distinct layers of tissue
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that surround and protect the brain and the spinal cord within the
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skull and the spinal canal.
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Open Head Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Injury to the head
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often caused by a penetrating object in which there may be
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bleeding and exposed brain tissue. |\ |\ |\ |\




Primary (Direct) Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An injury to the
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brain and its associated structures that is a direct result of
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impact to the head. |\ |\ |\




Raccoon Eyes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bruising under the eyes
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that may indicate a skull fracture.
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, Retrograde Amnesia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The inability to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


remember events leading up to a head injury. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Secondary (Indirect) Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The "after
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effects" of the primary injury; includes abnormal processes such
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as cerebral edema, increased intracranial pressure, cerebral
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ischemia and hypoxia, and infection; onset is often delayed
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following the primary brain injury. |\ |\ |\ |\




Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bleeding into |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


the subarachnoid space, where the cerebrospinal fluid circulates.
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Subdural Hematoma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An accumulation of
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blood beneath the dura mater but outside the brain.
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Subluxation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A partial or incomplete |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


dislocation.


TBI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Traumatic Brain Injury
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A traumatic
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insult to the brain capable of producing physical, intellectual,
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emotional, social, and vocational changes. |\ |\ |\ |\




Voluntary Activities - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Actions that we
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consciously perform, in which sensory input or conscious thought
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determines a specific muscular activity.
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