A 21-Year-Old Patient Has a Head Injury Resulting from Trauma

Multiple Choice

A 21-year-old patient has a head injury resulting from trauma and is unconscious.There are no other injuries.During the assessment what would the nurse expect to find when testing the patient's deep tendon reflexes?

A) Reflexes will be normal.
B) Reflexes cannot be elicited.
C) All reflexes would be diminished but present.
D) Some would be present depending on the area of injury.