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Podcasts

Wounded Warrior: Warrant Officer John Holsey on His Amazing Journey

The monumental improvements in immediate combat casualty care and OCONUS medical treatment have paved the way for saving lives of severely wounded service members. The overall care and rehabilitation of wounded veterans has increased the number of what would have been deadly attacks to life-altering events, such as the growth of limbs lost to IED attacks and small arms fire.

Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen have been given opportunities and tools to lead a remarkably normal lifestyle after the loss of a major limb, which in the past would have been chair-bound injuries. The advances in prosthetic technologies have enabled wounded warriors to return to uniform, and, in some cases, back to the fight in operational roles.

Technology has also enabled the shift of past practices in medical rehabilitation of amputees and severely injured warriors. The Wounded Warrior initiative undertaken by the Department of Defense has made great strides toward long-term care and return of those wounded to an average lifestyle both in and out of uniform.

LTC William Geesey PM of MC4 on Combat Casualty Care Communications

The United States Army has strived to stay ahead of battlefield threats in any and all operational environments. Given the increased casualty rates directly correlated to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, the need for immediate casualty communication is paramount.

Mitigating factors in any combat environment complicate the initial and post immediate trauma care and the Army’s efforts attempting to fight those shortfalls. Because of this, the Army is bringing modernization to the casualty care of soldiers on the battlefield. The ability to instantaneously share information about a wounded individual can provide surgical teams and trauma care specialists precious seconds of life-saving time. The United States Army’s Military Combat Casualty Care Communications (MC4) program is a model for all services and nations.

Webcasts

Lt. Col William White on trauma education for the U.S. Army.

Pre-combat training has grown to encompass immediate trauma care and combat lifesaving techniques. Brook Army Medical Center is crucial to the ever-developing trauma care and CLS that is seen Army wide. Listen in as Lt. Col White talks about his commands efforts in saving lives downrange.

Colonel Gregory Boyle Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment

Col. Boyle serves as the Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps command directed at improving the long term care of the Wounded Warriors from the United States Marine Corps.