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), 453,919 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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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.
Each video in the Progressive Return to Activity training series is designed to support primary care providers' ability to manage concussion/traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence | TBI Provider Resources | Provider Education | Traumatic Brain Injury
Video
7/22/2021
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).
Recommended Content:
Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence | TBI Provider Resources | Provider Education | Traumatic Brain Injury
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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.
Each video in the PRA training series is designed to support primary care providers' ability to manage concussion/traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Recommended Content:
Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence | TBI Provider Resources | Provider Education | Traumatic Brain Injury
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7/22/2021
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).
Recommended Content:
Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence | TBI Provider Resources | Provider Education | Traumatic Brain Injury
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