Care of the combat amputee / senior editors, Paul F. Pasquina and Rory A. Cooper.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Pasquina, Paul F., editor.

Cooper, Rory A., editor.

United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General, issuing body.

Borden Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Textbooks of military medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War wounds--Patients--Care--United States.

War wounds.

Amputees--Care--United States.

Amputees.

Soldiers--Care--United States.

Soldiers.

Medicine, Military.

Veterans.

Amputation, Surgical--rehabilitation.

Amputees--rehabilitation.

Amputation, Traumatic--therapy.

Military Medicine.

Military Personnel.

veterans.

Amputees--Care.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Amputation, Surgical--rehabilitation.

Amputees--rehabilitation.

Amputation, Traumatic--therapy.

Military Medicine.

Veterans.

Military Personnel.

Genre:

Government publications -- United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color).

Distribution:

Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O.

Place of Publication:

Falls Church, Va. : Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army, 2009.

Washington, DC : Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

"Written by experts in the military, Veterans Administration, and private sector--with specialty editing by Colonel Paul Pasquina (US Army Medical Corps) and Dr Rory Cooper (VA; University of Pittsburg)--the publication addresses aspects of combat amputee care ranging from surgical techniques to long-term care, polytrauma and comorbidities such as traumatic brain injury and burns, pain management, psychological issues, physical and occupational therapy, VA benefits, prosthetics and adaptive technologies, sports and recreational opportunities, and return to duty and vocational rehabilitation. The book will serve as an essential resource for providers involved in amputee care, as well as service members and veterans with major limb amputations."--The publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction : developing a system of care for the combat amputee / Rory A. Cooper

2. Historical perspectives on the care of service members with limb amputations / Alan J. Hawk

3. Department of Veterans Affairs system of care for the polytrauma patient / Michael Pramuka

4. Returning to duty after major limb loss and the US military disability system / Maria Mayorga

5. Overview of the Department of Veterans Affairs / Nicole M. Keesee

6. Vocational rehabilitation of the combat amputee / Michael McCue

7. Military and veteran support systems / William Lake

8. General surgical principles for the combat casualty with limb loss / Douglas G. Smith

9. Special surgical considerations for the combat casualty with limb loss / Douglas G. Smith

10. Medical issues in the care of the combat amputee / Paul F. Pasquina

11. Pain management among soldiers with amputations / Jack W. Tsao

12. Psychiatric intervention with the orthopaedically injured / John C. Bradley

13. Rehabilitation of burn casualties / Alan W. Young

14. Hearing impairment among soldiers : special considerations for amputees / Stephen A. Fausti

15. Traumatic brain injury / Bradley Impink

16. Spinal cord injury rehabilitation / Margaret C. Hammond

17. Physical therapy for the polytrauma casualty with limb loss / Matthew Scherer

18. Occupational therapy for the polytrauma casualty with limb loss / Albert Esquenazi

19. Gait analysis and training of people With limb loss / Raul Marin

20. Lower limb prosthetics / Joseph A. Miller

21. Lower limb prosthetics for sports and recreation / Peter D. Harsch

22. Upper limb amputation and prosthetics epidemiology, evidence, and outcomes / Sandra L. Hubbard Winkler

23. Upper extremity prosthetics / Kristin Gulick

24. Upper limb prosthetics for sports and recreation / Robert Radocy

25. Sports and recreation opportunities / Rory A. Cooper

26. Assistive devices for service members with disabilities / John J. Coltellaro

27. The future of artificial limbs / Todd Kuiken

28. Road map for future amputee care research / Rory A. Cooper.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 4, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

U.S.G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.

Other Format:

Print version: Care of the combat amputee

OCLC:

828884270

Access Restriction:

Use copy Restrictions unspecified