Final Exam

mild traumatic brain injury -not life threatening -direct blow or fall -headache, tinnitus, nausea -refer to physician

-when athlete’s brain swells, bleeds significantly, and herniates due to concussion -same symptoms and signs as mTBI -is life threatening -call 911

-when brain is bruised -blood leaks into the brain tissue -blow to the head, crash, or fall -refer to physician

-TBI when artery or vein is damaged and blood accumulates between the skull and the duramater -direct blow -s&s are similar to mTBI

-blood in the brain -summon EMS immediately

-simple, linear, depressed, compound -significant blow to head -TBI symptoms, deformity, clear fluid coming out of ears or nose

bruising behind the ears -skull fracture symptom

bruising under the eyes -skull fracture symptom

-tmj can be inflamed with overuse or dislocated

-blood that accumulates in the anterior chamber of the eye -light sensitivity, blurred vision

-pink eye -highly contagious -viral infection -practice good hygiene

eardrum rupture

-cauliflower ear -constant friction of the ear -blunt trauma

-swimmers ear -remaining water in the outer ear canal causing bacteria to grow

-middle ear infection -bacteria trapped in middle ear

nosebleed

tooth knocked loose but not out

tooth knocked and visibly crooked

insufficient blood flow and oxygen cause the hand to take on a claw-like appearance -caused by fall or direct blow

chronic condition involving the median nerve from repetitive wrist flexion -tingling, numbness

ectopic bony growth that occurs in muscle groups, particularly the quad and bicep

-can hear a pop -immediate sever pain, defect or bump

-most likely to move laterally -more common in females

-shin splints -overload of the medial musculature that lies over the tibia