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Felicia Facilitator

Special Project

7/15/09 1 hour

Traumatic Brain Injury - An Overview of the Signature Injury of the Iraq War Host:      Beth Faichney Guests:  Richard Hodder, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., retired former Medical Director, Northeast Center for Special Care, Martin Stein, M.D., Physician, Northeast Center for Special Care. Web cast Time:      26:19

Summary:

A blast injury is caused by the expanding gas emitted from an explosion. The brain is compressed inside the skull. This is one form of closed injury seen on the battlefield. The second closed brain injury is seen when soldiers are flipped in their vehicles by a blast. Incendiary devices have lead to open TBI injuries.

Advances made to battlefield medical care have lead to many soldiers surviving. This increase in mortality has ushered in the increase of TBI cases within the military. The U.S. military provides its soldiers a system of care that allows for short term and long term care. Individuals with mild TBI are evaluated and can be sent back to active duty others with more severe TBI are given options for their continued care.