A Guide to Brain Injury

A Guide to Brain Injury Sourcac wsteuk | www.wibrd.cam www.madcnaet.en | hadvay.arpuk | wrindnh ge Motor Verbal Responses carried out to measure a sufferer's position on the Glasgow Coma Scale are: Eye Opening Responses Responses • Does not open eyes in response to any stimulation • Makes no • Makes no response FOCAL INJURY DIFFUSE INJURY • Diffuse injuries are not as visible • Can include damage due to injury to blood vessels or lack of oxygen to response to noxious stimuli •A focal injury results from direct force • Usually connected with open wounds or penetration of the skull, e.g. in a car accident • Typically has symptoms related to the specific area of damage in the brain the brain • Extends all • Makes incomprehensible sounds • Often found in acceleration/ extremities in decekeration accidents where the head is rocked response to pain •Diffuse injury often has multiple locations of damage • Open eyes in • Flexes upper extremities/extends inappropriate • Replies with response to painful stimulation (e.g. endotracheal suctioning) Parietal Lobe lower extremeties words Recognising sensations Rocognising objects Spatial judgements in response to pain Makes Understanding time nonpurposeful movement in response to noxious stimulation Frontal Lobe Planning / reasoning Occipital Lobe • Opens eyes spontaneously • Is oriented to person, place and time • Follows Problem-solving Integrating and processing Temporal Lobe visual information commands Recognising and regulating emotion Social skils Understanding language Processing auditory information Organising information • Opens eyes in response to speech • Makes localized • Converses, Memory movement in may be confused Leaming response to painful stimuli - Classification of Injury Mild Moderate Severe