The Patient Was an Unrestrained Front-Seat Passenger in a Motor

question 25

Multiple Choice

The patient was an unrestrained front-seat passenger in a motor vehicle crash and struck his forehead on the inside of the windshield. Diagnostic testing in the emergency department reveals coup-contrecoup injury. The nurse identifies which area as the contrecoup injury?

• A) The frontal area of the brain
• B) The posterior or occipital part of the brain
• C) Both the anterior and posterior areas of the brain
• D) The midpoint of the brainstem

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