Military Occupations Most Affected by Head/Sensory Injuries and the Potential Job Impact of Those Injuries
| Autor: | Timothy H Cho, Steven J. Kass, Ben D. Lawson, Kieran K. Dhillon, Lana S Milam, Angus H. Rupert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 181:887-894 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | Identifying Department of Defense (DoD) occupations affected by injuries to the head and sensory systems.We explored the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database to identify occupations with the highest incidence of injured personnel, then ranked how frequently they occurred in a top 10 list for each of four injury categories (head/brain, visual, auditory, vestibular) encompassing 25 injury codes. Across all four categories, the most affected occupations were identified, among which we chose three Army combat-related military occupational specialties (MOSs) for detailed study. We identified skills needed to perform these MOSs and explored whether MOS-critical deficits could be expected following the injuries.Some DoD occupations are more likely to suffer from these injuries, including Infantry, Combat Operations Control, Artillery/Gunnery, Motor Vehicle Operator, Combat Engineering, and Armor/Amphibious. Within these DoD occupations, we explored three Army combatant MOSs: Infantry (11B), Cavalry Scout (19D), and Artillery (13B), confirming that these jobs are likely to be disrupted by injuries within the four categories.Head and sensory injuries disproportionately affect certain military occupations. Relatively few injuries disrupt combat-related abilities that are job critical (e.g., firearms operation) and job specific (e.g., Artillery gunnery problems); these should be the focus of efforts to improve rehabilitation and RTD outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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