2019 DVBIC Annual Report

This guide is intended to help service members and veterans who have experienced a concussion recover as quickly and safely as possible. It outlines each stage of the recovery process, explains what affected individuals should expect throughout the recovery process, provides guidance on how to track progress and includes a table to track developments.

This clinical recommendation provides background of pre-deployment neurocognitive testing and the use of automated neuropsychological assessment metrics (ANAM).

This clinical recommendation serves as a reference tool offering medical guidance following indications from post-injury neuroendocrine screening.

The VOMS for Concussion Instructions is a clinical support tool for use with the MACE 2.

TBICoE developed this quick reference resource based on the latest coding guidance and the Military Health System Professional Services and Specialty Medical Coding Guidelines Version 5.0, to facilitate consistent and accurate coding for TBI diagnoses and related symptoms and conditions.

This TBICoE fact sheet identifies major physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms of concussion, or mild TBI, and provides coping and recovery tips.

This TBICoE fact sheet can be used to educate patients with concussion/mild TBI on how to manage dizziness related to their injury.

This fact sheet — in Spanish — identifies major physical, cognitive and emotional symptoms of concussion/mild TBI, and provides coping and recovery tips.

This TBICoE fact sheet can be used by health care providers to educate patients with concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury, on how to manage memory problems related to their injury.

Neck pain can occur together with headaches following a concussion. This TBICoE fact sheet provides information to help patients manage neck pain. Various techniques are explained, including the use of heat or cold therapy, neck stretches, proper sleep positions and common activities that may contribute to neck strain.

This short version of the Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Mild to Moderate TBI Clinical Recommendation provides an at-a-glance overview of the full-length version for quick access and use on the job.

This TBI clinical recommendation is broken down into three primary categories: Modifications for Service Members and Veterans; Interventions and Strategies to Address Cognitive Dysfunction; and, Delivery of Rehabilitation for Patients with Cognitive Challenges. Each category contains clinical recommendations, the background and rationale behind them, ...

The appendices to the Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Mild to Moderate TBI Clinical Recommendation include a glossary of terms, outcome measures, evidence tables, and other useful resources.

This resource answers common questions that referring providers may have, such as how to determine if a patient is having cognitive difficulties or whether the patient is a good candidate for cognitive rehabilitation following a mild to moderate traumatic brain injury.