According to the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC), 1.7 million people are diagnosed with a brain injury each year.
What is Traumatic Brain Injury—or TBI?
TBI occurs as the result from a blow or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Categories for TBI are:
- Mild
- Moderate
- Severe
- Penetrating
The most common form of TBI in the military is mild, and is also known as a concussion.
According to the Defense Health Agency Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (TBICoE), 444,328 service members have been diagnosed with a first-time TBI since 2000. The most common form of TBI in the military is mild, and is also known as a concussion. To learn more about TBI numbers, visit the DOD TBI Worldwide Numbers page.
Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness
TBI Topic Page Review Form
The Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (TBICoE) manages the content on the Health.mil Traumatic Brain Injury Topic Page for the Defense Health Agency (DHA). To submit content for review and approval to this page, Military Health System agencies and other government partners can download and email this form, along with attached content in a Word document, to the TBICoE website manager at dha.TBICoEinfo@mail.mil.
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In the first of TBICoE's Progressive Return to Activity (PRA) video training series, you will learn about the reasons for using a progressive return to activity process and receive an overview of the 2021 PRA algorithm and its associated tools.
By the end of lesson one, providers will better understand the PRA process, and explain that process to service members diagnosed with concussion.
Each video in the PRA training series is designed to support primary care providers' ability to manage concussion/traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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7/22/2021
In this lesson we review the six major changes in the TBICoE's revised 2021 Progressive Return to Activity (PRA) Clinical Recommendation that differ from the original recommendation.
The changes reflect the latest TBI research, and will make it easier for providers to manage the recovery process and return service members with concussion to full duty as quickly and safely as possible.
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In this lesson we explain the differences between complete rest and relative rest in a staged concussion recovery process, and provide examples of activities that promote relative rest.
The revised Progressive Return to Activity (PRA) Clinical Recommendation uses the term 'relative rest' to emphasize the importance of early introduction of physical and cognitive activities that do not provoke symptoms following TBI.
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In this lesson, we cover the key activity objectives for each of the six stages of the Progressive Return to Activity (PRA) Clinical Recommendation and provide activity examples for each stage. Each stage is designed to gradually increase the intensity and duration of a service member's physical and cognitive activity as they advance in the PRA process.
Each video in the PRA training series is designed to support primary care providers' ability to manage concussion/traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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In this lesson, we cover how to perform the Return to Duty, or RTD screening, which now includes both vestibular/physical and neurocognitive examinations. The purpose of the RTD screening is to objectively measure whether a service member is ready for return to full duty.
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This lesson covers how to use the Progressive Return to Activity, or PRA's Symptom-Guided Management and Specialty Referral Guidance tables. This lesson also details primary care management strategies for service members who are not progressing as expected in the PRA.
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This is an interactive clinical case scenario to test your understanding in applying the Progressive Return to Activity (PRA). We hope this will help medical providers become more familiar with the PRA process when treating service members with concussion.
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March marked Brain Injury Awareness month in the military. We're spotlighting efforts across the MHS to combat Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and better understand how TBI impacts our Service members.
For more information about the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), go to walterreed.tricare.mil/NICoE
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