Question: Inability to remember events after a head injury

Answer: Anterograde amnesia

Question: Accumulation of blood beneath the dura mater but outside the brain

Answer: subdural hematoma

Question: Temporary loss of the brain’s ability to function without actual physical damage

Answer: concussion

Question: Helmets must be removed in all of the following cases, EXCEPT:

Answer: when there are no impending airway or breathing problems.

Question: In supine patients with a head injury, the head should be elevated _____ to help reduce intracranial pressure.

Answer: 30 degrees

Question: Injury to the head and neck may indicate injury to the:

Answer: cervical spine

Question: Neck rigidity, bloody cerebrospinal fluid, and headache are associated with what kind of bleeding in the brain?

Answer: subarachnoid hemorrhage

Question: The nervous system is divided into the central nervous system and the:

Answer: peripheral nervous system

Question: Which of the following is NOT a symptom of a concussion?

Answer: muscle tremors

Question: You respond to a 38-year-old man who fell while rock climbing. He is unconscious with an open airway. The respiration and pulse rates are within normal limits. His distal pulses are intact. You check his pupils and find that they are unequal. You know this could be a sign of:

Answer: increased intracranial pressure