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This 4 page paper discusses some of the current treatments for Iraqi war veterans, and what treatments might be like in future. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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for Iraq veterans, and what sort of treatment might be available in the future. Discussion One source tells us that the biggest difference between the current Iraq conflict and earlier
wars is that more Americans are surviving their wounds now than ever before: 10% of those wounded now die, as compared with 24% during Vietnam (Warikoo, 2005). Warikoos article discusses
one young man in particular who lost both legs and part of his right arm and still survived; a testament to modern technology (Warikoo, 2005). In any other war, he
would have died (Warikoo, 2005). The man, Brian Kolfage, was injured in a mortar attack; he was thrown approximately six feet by the blast and landed "on a heap of
sandbags" (Warikoo, 2005). His buddy Valentin Cortez tried to help him, but what saved him was the fact that a medic was nearby: "Normally, no one could survive such an
injury, but an Air Force medic who was close by when the blast occurred was able to respond immediately" (Warikoo, 2005). Less than 36 hours after the attack, Kolfage was
at Walter Reed Hospital (Warikoo, 2005). The speed of his transport is one of the major factors in his survival, and it is this quick response time that is making
the difference for many critically wounded soldiers (Warikoo, 2005). During the Vietnam conflict, the average time it took for a wounded soldier to get from the battlefield to care in
the U.S. was 45 days; now it is less than four days (Warikoo, 2005). This startling improvement has obviously paid great dividends in the number of lives saved. The reason
lives are being saved is that the practice of medicine in combat has changed. Before, "doctors tried to repair everything as soon as they got to the patient" (Warikoo, 2005).
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