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US soldiers are set to be urged to get themselves checked for brain injury by medical professionals if they get even the mildest concussion.

The Defense Department is expected to launch a new policy of compulsory checking of head injuries for troops caught within the vicinity of explosion or blasts.

Speaking to the American Forces Press Service, senior director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Kathy Helmick explained that the change in policy reflects a paradigm shift in thinking about head and brain injury.

She added: "When those events happen, you don't get to say, 'I'm having symptoms.'

"You go to medical, and you get checked out, regardless of whether you have symptoms or not."

Earlier this month, researchers from the Emory University School of Medicine found evidence that noreponephrine should be used to stabilise the blood pressure of patients in shock rather than dopamine.

In a study, researchers demonstrated that dopamine correlated with a higher rate of heart arrythmias compared to noreponephrine when used to treat shock.

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