CBIS CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY

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What does GCS stand for? Correct Answer Glasgow Coma Scale

What does the Glasgow Coma Scale measure? Correct Answer Level of consciousness

What are the three components used to generate the Glasgow Coma Scale? Correct Answer Eye opening, verbal response, motor response

What range of scores is possible on the Glasgow Coma Scale?Correct Answer Between 3 and 15

How is the level of brain injury categorized based on GCS scores? Correct Answer Mild (13-15), moderate (9-12), severe (8 or less)

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True or false: duration of PTA is a poor predictor of long-term

issues following brain injury Correct Answer False; it is a good predictor

What levels of the Rancho Los Amigos Scale indicate that the person requires total assistance? Correct Answer Levels 1-3

What levels of the Rancho Los Amigos Scale indicate that the person requires maximal assistance? Correct Answer Levels 4-5

What GCS score indicates the end of LOS per the TBIMS?Correct Answer Score of 6

What is one outcome measure that can be used from coma to return to community? Correct Answer Disability Rating Scale (DRS)

What are two important outcome measures that assess quality of life post-TBI? Correct Answer The WHOQOL (World Health Org Quality of Life) scale and the SWLS (Satisfaction with Life) scale

What are some common measures of neuropsychological functioning? Correct Answer Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS), RBANS

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What are some commonly used measures of depression? Correct Answer Beck Depression Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

What are some commonly used measures of anxiety? Correct Answer Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)

McMaster Family Assessment Device (MFAD) Correct Answer a 60-item outcome measure that determines family functioning following a TBI

Pediatric Test of Brain Injury (PTBI) Correct Answer the first criterion-referenced, standardized test for children ages 6-16 to assess the skills kids need to return to school and function in the general education curriculum

Neuropsychology definition Correct Answer branch of neuroscience concerned with understanding how the brain produces behavior

Brain Hypothesis Correct Answer the belief that the control of all human functions and the overall conscious experience lies within the brain

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Neutral monism Correct Answer the view that the mind and the body are the same entity

Early signs of the brain hypothesis Correct Answer dates as far back as the Mesolithic period, with evidence of trepanning or trephination of living patients (similar to creating Burr holes to relieve intracranial pressure)

To whom do many attribute the birth of contemporary neuropsychology? Correct Answer Franz Joseph Gall (he and his colleague were responsible for developing the field of phrenology)

Gall and Spurzheim's crucial concepts that catalyzed the growth of neuropsychology Correct Answer the cortex performs specific brain operations, the cortex interacts with other regions of the CNS to produce behaviors, and the corpus callosum allows communication between the 2 hemispheres of the brain

Localization of brain functions Correct Answer the concept referring to the presence of various brain organs that serve as the local centers for various aspects of mental functions

Lesion studies Correct Answer How scientists were able to explore basic brain functions in animals; helped make significant progress in uncovering the neurophysiological basis for various behaviors

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