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?

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The contrecoup injury refers to the area of the brain opposite the site of impact. In this case, the patient struck his forehead on the inside of the windshield, resulting in a contrecoup injury in the posterior or occipital part of the brain.

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