Army Institutes Educational Campaign to Recognize Traumatic Brain Injury

The Army in recognition of that many, if not most brain injuries are invisible to the casual and even medical observer, is launching an education program to teach 1 million soldiers how to recognize symptoms of brain injuries and Post Traumatic Stress disorder.

The program is designed to educate the Army about the signs and symptoms of traumatic brain injury and concussions and to encourage troops to get treatment.

The program will include the active military, the Army Reserves and the Army National Guard, both here and abroad.

Everyone is to receive a one-hour briefing on brain injuries and stress, in which teachers will be equipped with videos, slides and a list of expected questions and answers. It will be done through a rarely used "chain teach" program, that is, the subject is taught to leaders, who then teach it to soldiers, continuing down through the Army's chain of command.

I wonder if this program can be modified and used at all emergency rooms in the United States to train doctors, physician assistants, nurses and others about the hidden and invisible signs of concussion and brain injury?