Healing the Wounded

[Gypsy]

Great article here with a slide show of some pics

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16828168/site/newsweek/

The military has rewritten the book on wartime surgery to combat the wave of injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. The latest strategies for helping fallen warriors.

Web exclusive
By Sarah Childress
Newsweek
Updated: 12:38 p.m. CT Jan 26, 2007

Jan. 26, 2007 - Medicine has always advanced on the battlefield; it was Hippocrates who said that “war is the only proper school for surgeons." But the unprecedented scope of injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan has led the military's medical corps literally to rewrite the book on war surgery. At least 24,000 U.S. soldiers have been wounded since the Iraq war began, and another thousand in Afghanistan. With 20,000 more soldiers en route to the battlefield in Iraq, top military surgeons gathered this week in D.C. to discuss new strategies and technologies to help wounded warriors.

 

[pegasus]

It is a great article. The black and white photography is very powerful.

 

[DoctorDoom]

You mean those Medical Corps prima donnas actually did something other than complain about the selection of wines at the O-club? :)

Combat surgery is revolutionizing civilian trauma care. Truly the only winners in war are young surgeons.

 

[Gypsy]

You mean those Medical Corps prima donnas actually did something other than complain about the selection of wines at the O-club? :)

Someday you'll have to show them the errors of their ways. ;)

God bless the Docs, Nurses, Surgeons and Medics in the field...

 

[CoLawman]

God bless the Docs, Nurses, Surgeons and Medics in the field...

I agree Gypsy!

 

[DoctorDoom]

In the same vein, RIP COL Allgood:

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2507125.html

I have met two Surgeons who have combat jumps from Panama. I know where the bar is set.