September 15, 2011 - A “Biblical” dust storm kicked up just before Lt. Col. Timothy Karcher’s MRAP was set to leave his base in Iraq in June 2009. Visibility was down to almost nothing. “Sir, do we really want to go out today?” asked the lieutenant in charge of Karcher’s personal security detail. Despite his misgivings, Karcher recalls trying to reassure everyone with a gallows humor reply.
“What’s the worst thing that could happen?” he said. Minutes later, barely two kilometers from their Baghdad base, Karcher’s vehicle was hit by an explosively formed penetrator, a particularly lethal roadside bomb.
Part of the blast blew through his door. He felt intense pain, and realized that both of his legs were gone.
snip Public support for research has fallen since the Vietnam War era, from roughly 70 percent to 57 percent, according to a Zogby poll McKellips’ organization cited.
McKellips said he understands that people are upset about government spending, but said, “It’s really not about money. It’s about, ‘We’ve got to embrace and support that we’re almost there. … We’ve got all these boys and girls coming home. Let’s not forget them.’”
The event marked the launch of a $500,000 media effort by McKellips’ group, which emphasizes that advances in treating wounded warriors’ injuries usually translates to breakthroughs that benefit civilian medical care as well. For Karcher’s part, he said he thinks he’s received fantastic care and support. read more>>>
That medical research, since Vietnam, has been mostly related to the physical wounds of our wars of choice, as this report notes what the panel discussion was mostly all about. Not the mental, and none visible physical, wounds of war that the greater population ignored as to us returning vets of Vietnam and as they have the vets of the first Gulf War related to the Gulf War syndrome same for the present veterans as to the burn pits and more. What's not visible to the masses is easier to spin by certain individuals and groups, political especially, needs are easy to just ignore.
Telemedicine under the MD247 program could end with a patient getting to talk to a nurse to reassure themselves over a course of treatment, but the telemedicine program takes things to the next level by also providing prescription refills.
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