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Since the beginning of the Overseas Contingency Operation, more than 45,000 ill and wounded service members have been evacuated from the battlefield to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in western Europe. LRMC is a stopover for these service members, where they are further assessed, treated, and stabilized before they return to the United States. This process requires coordination between different military services, health care teams, and modes of transportation. These processes can be complicated given the severity of the wounded. Nurses at LRMC have learned how to streamline services, providing efficient, comprehensive care for wounded service members and their families.
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Satisfação no Emprego , Enfermagem Militar/organização & administração , Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar/psicologia , Adaptação Psicológica , Campanha Afegã de 2001- , Resgate Aéreo , Esgotamento Profissional/psicologia , Competência Clínica , Alemanha , Hospitais Militares , Humanos , Guerra do Iraque 2003-2011 , Enfermagem Militar/educação , Militares , Papel do Profissional de Enfermagem/psicologia , Pesquisa Metodológica em Enfermagem , Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar/educação , Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar/organização & administração , Gestão da Qualidade Total , Transporte de Pacientes , Centros de Traumatologia , Estados Unidos , Ferimentos e Lesões/enfermagemRESUMO
Traumatic amputees may experience a variety of acute and chronic pain issues, including phantom limb pain and residual limb pain. Research continues to determine the causes of these problems and to find the most appropriate and effective treatments for each of these phenomena. It is important for health care providers to be knowledgeable about the variety of treatments available, including medications, surgical procedures, complementary and alternative therapies, and self-treatment methods to ensure that amputees receive the best practices for individualized, effective pain management that they deserve.