Outline
- Introduction
- TBI basics
- What is a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
- Severity classification
- Epidemiology of TBI
- What causes TBI/concussion?
- Mechanisms of injury
- Closed vs. penetrating TBI
- Combat related TBI
- Impact of modern warfare
- Incidence of TBI in military population
- Blast injuries
- Manifestations of TBI
- Temporal course of symptoms
- Post-concussive symptoms
- Post-concussive Syndrome (PCS)
- TBI Evaluation
- Assessing TBI
- Physical exam and history
- Neurological imaging
- Neuropsychological testing
- Symptom overlap and differential diagnosis
- TBI and PTSD
- Differential diagnosis and co-morbid disorders
- Recovery and Treatment
- TBI recovery-concussion/mTBI
- TBI recovery- moderate/severe
- Treatment
- Patient education
- Symptom management
- Treatment for moderate-severe TBI
- Community integration and long term recovery
- PTSD treatment w/TBI
- Factors impacting recovery for PTSD and TBI