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Published on: August 14, 2019
Improving identification of traumatic brain injury after nonmilitary bomb blasts
Wesley Rutland-Brown1, Jean A Langlois, Jeffrey J Bazarian
1Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Objective:
To improve identification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in survivors of nonmilitary bomb blasts during the acute care phase.
Methods:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention convened a meeting of experts in TBI, emergency medicine, and disaster response to review the recent literature and make recommendations.
Results:
Seven key recommendations were proposed: (1) increase TBI awareness among medical professionals; (2) encourage use of standard definitions and consistent terminology; (3) improve screening methods for TBI in the acute care setting; (4) clarify the distinction between TBI and acute stress disorder; (5) encourage routine screening of hospitalized trauma patients for TBI; (6) improve identification of nonhospitalized TBI patients; and (7) integrate the appropriate level of TBI identification into all-hazards mass casualty preparedness.
Conclusions:
By adopting these recommendations, the United States could be better prepared to identify and respond to TBI following future bombing events.
