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A therapist in acute care enters a patient room to administer the Coma Recovery Scale.  The therapist notices the patient has poor arousal and eyes remain closed even after calling the patient’s name and utilizing tactile cueing.  What should the therapist do?

What motor response should a therapist expect when delivering a noxious stimulus to a patient in the Minimally Conscious State?

When utilizing the Agitated Behavior Scale for a patient demonstrating low frustration with an inability to be re-directed, how should the therapist score this item?

A physical therapist is gait training a patient post-TBI without an assistive device.  The patient requires supervision for safety during ambulation due to tendencies to wander from the treatment area.  While walking in the hallway, the patient heads toward the hospital exit, reporting they want to go see their daughter’s softball game.  When the therapist explains that they cannot leave the hospital, the patient starts yelling and saying “if you don’t let me leave, you will be in trouble!”  Which of the following approaches  is the most appropriate to de-escalate this patient?

Which autonomic response is MOST LIKELY to be present after traumatic brain injury?

Match the treatment with the type of Diabetes Mellitus (DM).

Match the best term with the given meaning.   There are extra terms; some will be left out.

An Indigenous People’s History of the United States explains that the term ‘redskins’ derived from:

The documentary Precious Knowledge reveals the plight of Latin American and Native descended students in:

Columbus and his Spanish contingent were cited for enslaving the native Arawak and treating them with extreme cruelty in order to extract labor.