Illness and Injury in Combat Zones: Return-to-Duty Rates Can Be Improved - Pain Medicine News
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For service members who become ill or are injured, return-to-duty rates historically have been low. But recognition of risk factors impeding their return, and aggressive interventions for pain, can result in the majority of these individuals resuming active duty, according to one expert. ... U.S. Army Lt. Col. Philip J. Belmont Jr., MD, director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at William Beaumont Army Medical Center/Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, also has observed that within combat zones, the contributions of DNBI are frequently overlooked and significantly underreported. Read the full story >> |
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