Pentagon seeks expertise to develop brain injury assessment standards
BLUF – The Pentagon is seeking expert input to establish standardized criteria for assessing blast-related mild traumatic brain injuries, including exposure thresholds and physiological effects from weapons fire, explosions and blunt impacts, to improve risk assessments and protective equipment development. For Navy Medicine, these standards could strengthen brain injury prevention, exposure monitoring and clinical assessments for sailors and Marines, particularly those operating heavy weapons, conducting explosive breaching or serving in special operations, while addressing existing gaps in cognitive screening and exposure tracking.