On Feb. 28, the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel held a hearing to discuss the impact of blast injuries and the need for the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide better care for military service members who sustain a military-related traumatic brain injury (TBI). Subcommittee chair, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), is concerned that the DoD is not meeting its responsibilities and reinforced four critical solutions needed to address the growing risks and harm presented by blast overpressure:
- Developing strategies specific to the military occupational specialties that are most at risk of blast overpressure;
- Establishing blast exposure and TBI logs for recordkeeping;
- Requiring regular cognitive health assessments for service members; and
- Establishing more accurate safety limits for weapons usage during training.
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