| Question | Answer |
| A _________ is an injury to the brain, usually from the head being hit and the brain shaken. | Concussion |
| Once a diagnosis is made, the athlete should be monitored for ___ hours and carefully evalutated on a regular basis for at least ____ week. | 24 hours; 1 week |
| TRUE or FALSE After a head injury, an athlete must be cleared by a physician before returning to play or practice. | TRUE |
| Concussions are classified as _____, _____, and ____ depending on the amount of damage to the brain. | Mild, Moderate, Severe |
| This type of concussion is the most difficult to recognize and judge because they may suffer this concussion without an loss of conciousness. | Mild Concussion |
| What does LOC stand for? | Loss of Conciousness |
| This concussion may have loss of conciousness lasting for several seconds up to, but less than 5 minutes. | Moderate Concussion |
| This concussion may leave the athlete with a prolonged loss of conciousness over 5 minutes. | Severe Concussion |
| What does Antegrade mean? | After the injury has occurred. |
| What does Retrograde mean? | Before the injury occurred. |
| Rapid swelling and herniation of brain due to trauma following unresolved head injury. (50% MORTALITY RATE) | Post Concussion Syndrome or Seconday Impact Syndrome |
| Most common athletic head injury that results in fatalities. | Subdural Hematoma |
| There are 4 types of intracranial hemorrhage that can and may be fatal. What are they? | Epidiural, Subdural, Intracerebral, and Subarachnoid |
| This Hematoma is usually the most rapidly progressing intracranial hemorrhage and can reach fatal size in 30 to 60 minutes. | Epidural Hematoma |
| This Hematoma may continue to develop over a period of days or weeks and the athlete will often complain that things are "not quite right". | Subdural Hematoma |
| With this injury, the bleeding is into the brain and is usually from a torn artery. | Intracerebral Hematoma |
| Surgery is not usually required for this injury because bleeding is superficial. | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| What is the medical term for a nosebleed? | Epistaxis |
| A common name for this injury is "burner" or "stinger". | Cervical Nerve Stretch Syndrome (Brachial Plexus) |
| The brain is protected from trauma by the bones of the ____. | Skull |
| What are the first 7 bones of the vertebrae called? | Cervical Vertebrae |
