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Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) correct answers An injury to the brain that is not hereditary,
congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) correct answers An alteration and brain function or other evidence
of brain pathology caused by an external force
Incidence correct answers The rate or range of Occurrence
Prevalence correct answers The number of people with a given condition at a specific point in
time like the number of people living with a brain injury currently
In 2010 how many people are estimated to have sustained a TBI correct answers 2.5 million
2.5 million correct answers 1/3
What percent of TBI's occur each year as a concussion or another form of a mild TBI correct
answers 75%
Of the 2.5 million new TBI's each year what percent are deaths hospitalizations an emergency
department visits correct answers 2% deaths
11% hospitalization
87% ED visits
What is the risk of a second injury after an initial injury correct answers 3x
What is the risk of a third injury after a second injury correct answers 8x
What determines the effects of a brain injury correct answers Injury severity
Aged injury
Alcohol misuse
Domestic violence
Service in the military
Sports
Number of brain injury experiences
What age groups has the highest rate of falls causing TBI correct answers Children 0 to 4 and
adults over 75
What are the greatest number of TBI related ED visits caused by correct answers Falls
What is the leading cause of TBI related deaths correct answers Mva
What age group has the highest rate of TBI motor deaths from MVA correct answers Adults ages
20-24
, What percent of persons 0 to 14 current injury as a result of a fall correct answers 50%
For people age 65 and older what is the greatest percent of injury due to correct answers Falls
concussion correct answers A trauma induced alteration of mental status
May or may not have a loss of consciousness
Can result in memory loss before or after trauma
Can result in neurological deficits that may or may not be transient
What age group is most likely to sustain a TBI correct answers 15 to 19-year-olds
20 to 24-year-olds and
over 65
What age group contributed the most to TBI related ED visits correct answers Children
What is the leading cause of deaths from head trauma in children under two years old correct
answers Child abuse
What fraction of children under three years old that are physically abuse have a TBI correct
answers 2/3
18% of all TBI related emergency department visits were for children of what age correct
answers 0-4
What is the cause of 50% of TBI's for children ages 0 to 14 correct answers Falls
Who has a higher rate of TBI related deaths males or females correct answers Meals
What percent of women of domestic violence of symptoms associated with TBI correct answers
JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) correct answers -
accrediting agency for hospitals and nursing homes
- inspects every 2 years
- enforces gold standard established by CLSI
- works with CAP to provide lab accreditation
CARF correct answers Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Specific for brain injury rehabilitation programs
What does the joint commission focus on correct answers Staff qualifications and competency
Patient rights
Infection control
Use of data to assess performance and quality improvement
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) correct answers An injury to the brain that is not hereditary,
congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) correct answers An alteration and brain function or other evidence
of brain pathology caused by an external force
Incidence correct answers The rate or range of Occurrence
Prevalence correct answers The number of people with a given condition at a specific point in
time like the number of people living with a brain injury currently
In 2010 how many people are estimated to have sustained a TBI correct answers 2.5 million
2.5 million correct answers 1/3
What percent of TBI's occur each year as a concussion or another form of a mild TBI correct
answers 75%
Of the 2.5 million new TBI's each year what percent are deaths hospitalizations an emergency
department visits correct answers 2% deaths
11% hospitalization
87% ED visits
What is the risk of a second injury after an initial injury correct answers 3x
What is the risk of a third injury after a second injury correct answers 8x
What determines the effects of a brain injury correct answers Injury severity
Aged injury
Alcohol misuse
Domestic violence
Service in the military
Sports
Number of brain injury experiences
What age groups has the highest rate of falls causing TBI correct answers Children 0 to 4 and
adults over 75
What are the greatest number of TBI related ED visits caused by correct answers Falls
What is the leading cause of TBI related deaths correct answers Mva
What age group has the highest rate of TBI motor deaths from MVA correct answers Adults ages
20-24
, What percent of persons 0 to 14 current injury as a result of a fall correct answers 50%
For people age 65 and older what is the greatest percent of injury due to correct answers Falls
concussion correct answers A trauma induced alteration of mental status
May or may not have a loss of consciousness
Can result in memory loss before or after trauma
Can result in neurological deficits that may or may not be transient
What age group is most likely to sustain a TBI correct answers 15 to 19-year-olds
20 to 24-year-olds and
over 65
What age group contributed the most to TBI related ED visits correct answers Children
What is the leading cause of deaths from head trauma in children under two years old correct
answers Child abuse
What fraction of children under three years old that are physically abuse have a TBI correct
answers 2/3
18% of all TBI related emergency department visits were for children of what age correct
answers 0-4
What is the cause of 50% of TBI's for children ages 0 to 14 correct answers Falls
Who has a higher rate of TBI related deaths males or females correct answers Meals
What percent of women of domestic violence of symptoms associated with TBI correct answers
JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) correct answers -
accrediting agency for hospitals and nursing homes
- inspects every 2 years
- enforces gold standard established by CLSI
- works with CAP to provide lab accreditation
CARF correct answers Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Specific for brain injury rehabilitation programs
What does the joint commission focus on correct answers Staff qualifications and competency
Patient rights
Infection control
Use of data to assess performance and quality improvement
