Alan Quasha and TBI

Alan Quasha knows quite a bit about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).  It is Quasha who today chairs the Brain Trauma Foundation’s Board of Directors.  The foundation was established in 1986 to “support research on TBI.”  There are always new developments being established and researched in this field.  Most recently, the US military now has plans for clinical trials to discover whether “breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber helps brain injuries to heal.”  Even if the injuries are not actually completely healed, such a process it is hoped, might actually relieve headaches and other symptoms associated with TBI.  Such an achievement would definitely be welcome news for Alan Quasha and all those working at the Brain Trauma Foundation.
The trials are set to take place in North Carolina, Texas, Colorado and California and will involve testing  approximately 300 service members suffering from mild to moderate brain injuries.  Although the therapy currently cannot boast any proven records, it still warrants trials.  This is because, according to Col. Richard Ricciardi of the Defense Center of Excellence, in theory, more oxygen will dissolve in the blood in a body that is under pressure.  As well, higher oxygen levels have been able to help in the healing of tissue.
Anything that could potentially help TBI sufferers is for sure something Alan Quasha and all those at the Brain Trauma Foundation would support.  This is especially true in this kind of study involving service members, since, almost 120,000 individuals have been victim to brain trauma injuries in the last seven years.