UM SOM: National Study Center for Trauma (NSC)
Traumatic Brain Injury
With funding from the U.S. Army, the NSC is investigating mild traumatic brain injury and long-term patient outcomes. The study follows patients admitted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Following their injury, patients are given a battery of tests by a multi-disciplinary team, including an electronic balance test and various neuropsychological and cognitive measures.
Follow-up tests are administered and analyses conducted to determine which, if any, baseline measures predict those with persistent physical, cognitive and behavioral problems. Such measures, if identified, may be useful to the Army in field settings where decisions related to post-injury deployment must be made.
Brain Trauma Assessment
The NSC and MIEMSS are testing a handheld portable diagnostic assessment system to determine the extent of a victim’s brain damage at the scene of the injury. The objective is to help determine whether unconscious patients have suffered a brain injury or whether they are unresponsive for other reasons that don’t require transport to a trauma center.
The study is funded by the NIH and Active Signal, Inc., the maker of the device.
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