A patient has a head injury caused by a swinging bat. For which type of injury should the nurse plan care for this patient?
1. contact
2. a deceleration
3. an acceleration–deceleration injury
4. rotational
Correct Answer: 1
Contact phenomena injury is sustained when the head is struck by a moving object, such as a swinging bat. Deceleration is not a type of injury. Acceleration–deceleration injury (linear injury) occurs when the head hits an object and the brain rebounds within the skull. Rotational injury occurs when the brain rotates within the skull and hits bony buttresses in the cranial vault.
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