Transporting the wounded
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Some of them dont even shave yet. Thats how Air Force Reservist and critical-care nurse Cheryl Lockhart described some of her soon-to-be patients Marines and soldiers wounded in Iraq.
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The military health-care system canât keep pace with the flood of battlefield casualties. Max Cleland--Vietnam vet, triple amputee, and former U.S. senator--on the roots of the crisis, and what needs to be done.
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ABOARD THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD -- When Lance Corporal Keith Delatorre boarded this warship in San Diego a month ago, he thought he was on his way to Iraq. Now, he's loading up his gear for a very different mission, bringing badly needed aid to Indonesians left isolated by the tsunami that battered coastlines along the Indian Ocean.
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Replanting boot prints on the Moon. Hurling expeditionary crews to distant and dusty Mars and other destinations. Executing a 21st century outreach campaign to faraway worlds demands a safe, sustainable, and affordable transport vehicle system.
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LANDSTUHL, Germany - The number of injured US military personnel arriving at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this week â-ost from the offensive against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah â -ched its highest level since April, a US
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Military families across America often endure hardship when a loved one ships out. But there are not many places in the U.S. where those left behind have to chop ice out of the tundra for drinking water and make sure the freezer is well-stocked with walrus and seal meat.
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An innovative navigation system uses optical signals from hospital lights to guide patients with traumatic brain injuries around hospitals.
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The high survival rate among the injured at the battle of Waterloo could help inform modern medicine.
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Ever since Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Kelly lost his right leg to a roadside bomb near Baghdad more than a year ago, he has been on a mission. It was more than just learning how to walk again on a prosthetic limb or figuring out what to do with his life after 13 months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. Kelly, 24, of Prescott, Ariz., saw a need to help other wounded soldiers and their families cope with the financial struggles that come with months of rehabilitation.
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Responding to shabby treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a group of senators moved on Wednesday to boost disability pay to those hurt in combat and improve care for brain injury.
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Much of the stored blood given to millions of people every year may lack a component vital for it to deliver oxygen to the tissues.
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The commission investigating problems in health care for wounded military personnel focused on problems with moving patients through various stages of aid to home care and jobs.
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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The Corps orders up a passle of new South African-designed and Israeli-made bomb-deflecting vehicles. Plus: Walter Reed is not the only problem -- so many docs deployed to Iraq means a military MD shortage at home. In Danger Room.
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For some amputees in a rehabilitation exercise room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recovery means choosing to return to active duty in the U.S. Army.
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By Sarah Viren, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 10--Ambulances were used as moving vans and patients were the freight Saturday morning as Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital moved two exits down Interstate 10 from its 100,000-square-foot facility to a new home three times that size.
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More than 800 of them have lost an arm, a leg, fingers or toes. More than 100 are blind. Dozens need tubes and machines to keep them alive. Hundreds are disfigured by burns, and thousands have brain injuries and mangled minds.