DCoE July Webinar: Concussion Management in the Deployed Setting
By DCoE Strategic Communications
Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury will host its next webinar, “Concussion Management in the Deployed Setting: New 2012 Military Acute Concussion Evaluation (MACE) and Clinical Algorithms,” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. (EDT) July 26.
MACE is the Defense Department’s standardized and most widely used clinical interview tool for assessing mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion, in theater. In what’s considered a critical update by senior military leaders, this year the Defense Department redesigned MACE and the “Concussion Management in Deployed Settings” clinical algorithms.
Mild traumatic brain injury is the form most commonly sustained by service members and unlike moderate or severe traumatic brain injury, may not easily be identified. Used in conjunction with clinical judgment, the redesigned MACE and clinical algorithms will improve cognitive and symptom screening, and neurological evaluation.
In this webinar subject matter experts will:
- Present appropriate MACE administration techniques
- Accurately summarize and document MACE findings
- Review critical changes to the 2012 algorithms for concussion management
- Discuss concussion care policy to include recurrent concussion and implication for return to duty
Featured speakers are:
- Army Maj. Sarah B. Goldman, Ph.D., Office of the Surgeon General, Rehabilitation and Reintegration division, traumatic brain injury program director
- Helen C. Coronel, MSN, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center neuroscience clinician
All professionals who care for service members are encouraged to attend, including service members and their families. You may register now, or review further information.
Continuing education units and continuing medical education credits are available. To obtain credits, you must pre-register using the Adobe Connect platform.
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