Question

A speeding driver sustained a closed-head injury in an acceleration/deceleration accident from striking a tree front end first. based on the coup-contrecoup phenomenon, which assessments are most likely to be affected related to the involved areas of the brain?

Answer 1

multiple choices are;

1. Expressive speech, vision

2. Light touch, hearing

3. Sense of position, graphesthesia

4. Weber tuning fork test, cranial nerve I

Answer;

1. Expressive speech, vision

Explanation;

-TheCoup and contrecoup refer to a type of head injury and reference where the injury occurred relative to the point of impact.

-They are a type of traumatic brain injury that results in the bruising of the brain.

-A coup injury occurs on the brain directly under the point of impact while a contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of the brain from where the impact occurred.