Advances in military medicine including medical evacuation and trauma care, along with improvements in body armor, have contributed to dramatically decreased casualty rates among America’s wounded warriors. In the wake of these life-saving advances in medical science, new challenges present themselves. The dilemma facing military medical doctors quickly turns from how to save a life to more long-term issues such as how to improve the quality of a severely wounded service member’s life, whether that involves helping him to realize his wish of returning to duty, helping to restore his appearance so he feels more comfortable being out in public, or enabling him to hold his newborn son in spite of the loss of both of his arms.
The expertise to solve the greatest medical problems facing wounded service members is out there. In some cases, new technologies and treatments are ready for use, but need to be made accessible to the military medical system. In others, researchers within the Department of Defense system have, themselves, made the advances, but require additional support—in terms of technical or other resources, such as funding—to take them to the level of implementation so they can benefit our wounded warriors.
Every scientific resource our nation has—whether in the public or private sector—should be brought to bear to ensure the best care that modern medicine can offer is made available to our men and women in uniform. CP3 helps to connect the people, programs, and resources that can address these challenges, whether they are within the military medical system, the larger federal government system, at private foundations or non-profit organizations, or within industry.
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