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34 Cards in this Set
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An estimated _______________ Americans are affected by stroke and TBI. |
10 million |
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Definition of TBI |
An insult to the brain, not of a degenerative or congenital nautre but caused by an external physical force... |
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Definition of ABI |
An injury to the brain that has occurred after birth and is not hereditary or degenerative... |
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More than _____________ people die every year as a result of traumatic brain injury. |
50,000 |
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_________________ people are hospitalized each year with traumatic brain injury. |
235,000 |
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_______________ to _____________ Americans experience the onset of a long-term disablity following traumatic brain injury each year. |
80,000 to 90,000 |
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After one TBI, the risk for a second injury is ____ times greater; |
3 |
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The most lethal cause of TBI is ____________. |
firearms |
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______% of firearm-related TBI result in death. |
91 |
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______ million TBIs occur every year. |
1.4 |
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____% of TBIs result in death. |
4 |
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____% of TBIs result in hospitalizations. |
17 |
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____% of TBIs result in emergency room visits. |
79 |
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after the second inury, the risk for a third injury is ____ times greater.
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8
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Incidence of TBI is highest in the _________ age group. |
zero to four |
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The most prevelant (20%) cause of TBI is ______. |
falls |
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Alcohol is a contributing factor in ________% of TBIs. |
over 50 |
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Organizations that set standards for rehabilitation programs are: |
JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) and CARF ((Commission on Accrediatroin of Rehabilitation Facilities). |
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Standards are set on _____________ and __________. |
Quality and Performance |
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TBIs cost more than $______ billion annually. |
60 |
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Approximately ____% of individuals with severe brain injuries have adequate funding for long-term treatment. |
5 |
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Those most likely to have difficulty accessing services are 1)_________, 2)_________, 3)_________ |
1) cognitive impairment with no physical disability, 2) no effective advocate, 3) problematic behaviors. |
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The 1997 GAO report on TBI determined that Waiver programs covered 2,478 individuals and spent $__________ million. |
118 |
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In 1997 Waiver programs for developmental disabilities covered 236,000 individuals and spent $______ billion. |
5.8 |
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The "Olmstead Decision" (1999) requires... |
services in most integrated community setting appropriate... |
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The National Head Injury Foundation (now the BIAA) was founded in ________. |
1980 |
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The year of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act was |
1996 |
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The Traumatic Brain Injury Act expands 1)_______, 2)______, 3)______.
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1) Prevention, 2) Research, 3) Quality of sevices. |
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Grants are provided through __________. |
HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration). |
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Definition of "Surveillance": |
ongoing and systematic collection, analysis and interprestation of data used to describe and minotor a health event. |
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The second leading cause of TBI is: _____ |
motor vehicle accidents |
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The severity levels of TBIs are mild (____%), moderate (____%), and severe (_____%). |
mild (80%), moderate (10-30%), severe (5-25%). |
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The age range in which TBI is most likely to result in death is ________. |
over 75 |
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The age ranges in which TBI is most likely to result in hospitalization are ________ and _______.
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zero to four, and over 75 |