Traumatic Brain Injury

Prevent TBIs this summer and beyond

Each year, more than 1 million people visit the emergency room because of TBIs. And contrary to common belief, most TBIs experienced by service members result from motor vehicle accidents, not exposures to blasts. TBI can damage your brain tissue, and it can impair your speech and language skills, balance and motor coordination and memory

How brain injury may affect communication skills

How a service member communicates with others can change after a traumatic brain injury

DoD brain injury center opens more sites for military TBI care

The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center recently added three new traumatic brain injury care network sites

Innovative scanner designed to save Marines' lives on the battlefield

The Infrascanner is a portable, medical diagnostic device that provides early detection of bleeding within the skull, in the field

Program offers holistic recovery tools to Soldiers with TBI

The holistic focus of MIST recognizes that the whole person is affected by brain injuries and the conditions that often accompany them

Brain Injury Awareness Part 4: The road to recovery

There are four parts of traumatic brain injury (TBI): prevention, screening, treatment, and recovery. In the final part in our series on TBI, we walk through the progress Coast Guard Petty Officer Colin Woodside continues to make in his recovery

Brain Injury Awareness Part 3: Treatment puts TBI victim on road to recovery

There are four parts of traumatic brain injury (TBI): prevention, screening, treatment, and recovery. In the third part in our series on TBI, we talk about the treatments available after a TBI.

Brain Injury Awareness Part 2: Screening puts injured on right path to recovery

There are four parts of traumatic brain injury (TBI): prevention, screening, treatment, and recovery. In the second part in our series on TBI, we talk about the tools available to caregivers and troops in the field to determine a TBI

Brain Injury Awareness Part 1: It all starts with prevention

There are four aspects of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs): prevention, screening, treatment, and recovery. In the first of a four-part series, we meet a Coast Guardsman who has made it through all four areas

Celebrate good times! No luck, charms or alcohol required

Unless you’ve been hiding under the Blarney Stone, you’ve seen the shamrocks — St. Patrick’s Day is upon us

Think Ahead: Observing Brain Injury Awareness Month

Mild TBI, also known as a concussion, is common in the military in both garrison and theater

Wearing a helmet can ‘protect your grape’

Approximately 26,000 children and adolescents are treated in emergency departments annually for traumatic brain injuries

Preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in your child

March marks Brain Injury Awareness Month

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month

Partner with DVBIC to promote Brain Injury Awareness Month

The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center is the DoD center of excellence for traumatic brain injury