Fear Of Manipulating A Spinal Injury

It was 115 degrees; the platoon was walking through the middle of the desert each of them with 40 pounds of gear on and an M16A2 rifle. It was summer time in the country of Afghanistan and the temperature was rising. At this point I asked myself what the hell I am doing here and why did I join the United States Army? Right when I was thinking that I felt a tug on my leg and there stood a young boy about 7 years old with only one arm, “Candy,Candy” he asked. Upon speaking with the local villagers we found out that his arm was taken from an improvised explosive device (IED) planted

“I have never seen anything like this in my life,” said Istar Mohamed, a mother of three who was penetrated with shrapnel in her arm hip and leg.” “You can’t imagine the devastation that happened there. After a few moments I fell unconscious from the impact of it all.”

On March 10, 2010, at 13:30 a.m., 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1-22 Infantry Battalion, was conducting a convoy operation. The purpose of the operation was to transport equipment and selected Service Members to the battalion’s main Forward Operating Base. Twenty minutes into the convoy operation, Patrick’s unit was under attack by an enemy force equipped with automatic weapon systems. During this time, Patrick maintained his confidence and began returning firing toward the enemy force. As Patrick was returning fire from the vehicle that he was in, he was struck by one round from the enemy force. The medic that was attached to the convoy operation immediately tended to Patrick’s wounds and managed to get him to a medical facility,

Sergeant First Class Jackson was a very humble warrior. In his cubical, you would find American Flags, Daily Bread pamphlets from the chaplain, maintenance magazines and a candy dish which we all loved. He never boasted about his accomplishments, but you knew there was something special about this gentle giant. As he and I talked prior to him undergoing surgery, he told me that he was assigned to the 507th Maintenance Company during his assignment to Fort Bliss, Texas. This company stood out in my mind because it was the infamous Maintenance Company which Private Jessica Lynch was assigned to when she became a prisoner of war. Staff Sergeant Jackson was the responsible for the maintenance of the fleet of vehicles that were partaking in the in the convoy. The convoy departed Kuwait, led by the Company Commander, Captain Troy K. King, en route to Iraq on the first day of the war in 2003. When many of the vehicles had become bogged down by the sand (Michael Luo 2003), Staff Sergeant Jackson moved forward to execute his functions and keep the convoy moving. The convoy became disoriented and was immediately surrounded by the enemy in Nasiriyah, Iraq. Staff Sergeant Jackson immediately began to return fire to help defend the convoy and protect his fellow Soldiers (Jackson 2014). He continued to fire until he was wounded and unable to fire his weapon. During the fog of war, Staff Sergeant Jackson transitioned from firing his weapon to

The benefits of having a tactical medic on scene really deal with the time frame that the care is being given. Tactical medicine will allow for interventions to victims much sooner. In major trauma incidences, hemorrhage is one of the biggest killers. Being able to stop hemorrhage in a timely manner will dramatically increase the survival rate of our patients or coworkers. In some situations, if the bleeding is stopped, the officer might have a chance at continuing in the operation, or self extricating to get further medical attention while the medic continues treatment on other victims in need of

King will be talking about how dangerous football is. There will be knee cartilagae tears. I will also be talking about spine injuries. The final thing is death. Thatnis all.

This assignment will explore a case study on an episode of care where a patient with chronic pain was hoisted. This will be written from the perspective of the author, a student nurse. The purpose of this assignment is to underline the ethical, legal and professional issues surrounding the episode of care during nursing practice and how these issues influence the role of the nurse and their professional judgement in delivering holistic, person-centred care for the patient. The author will cover the complications on delivering care when healthcare professionals should consider and respect the patient’s decisions and personal preferences whether it may benefit the patient or not. Therefore, the author will argue the principles of the

You have to consider for a moment the serious nature of this action. When we deploy, we rely on the person to our left and right. The profession of arms is one that requires all to do their part. Combat, by nature, is a physical, difficult, and demanding task. A person’s very life may depend on the actions of those around him or her. Ask any Soldier pulled from the vehicle hit by an improvised explosive device if that is true or not. You must have personnel on whom you can rely. The actions and directions from the brigade forced us to accept people who may be

Spinal immobilization has been a common practice in Emergency Medical Services. The act of spinal immobilization is normally used when a patient has suffered a significant trauma. Spinal immobilization consists of securing the body to a rigid, long spinal board, securing the neck with a cervical collar, and then lastly, securing the head to the board between towels or wedges. Initially starting with the effectiveness of backboarding, continuing into the vital functions that backbaording can impede and finalizing with the vacuum mattress versus the traditional backboard. Ultimately, spinal immobilization of all trauma patients can do more harm than good, and all cases should not be fully immobilized.

I don’t know how long I’ve stayed on the floor holding Ali, but I can’t bring myself to care. It happened so fast. I had just finished cleaning up with Nooria when the Taliban smashed their way through the door. They then began to drag my husband away. At first, I just froze. I was so scared and startled, I had no idea what to do, then I suddenly began to hit and scream at the soldiers but that had no effect. The soldiers didn’t care. One of the soldiers hit me with the end of his gun and I fell straight to the ground. I can still feel the pain from the hit. The soldiers then began to empty out the cupboard and that’s when I realised how much of a mess we were in. I just held my breath and hoped that the soldier wouldn’t find my husband secret

My feeble pleas to the Chain of Command and Post Chaplin turned out to be a blatant delegation of responsibility. In conclusion, I learned a valuable lesson at the cost of another person’s life. It remains a lesson, I will never again repeat. On the brighter side, Heather has recovered from her injuries, although she was discharged from the military and divorced her husband she has begun to rebuild her life. She moved out of state and obtained a promising career as a consultant with the FAA. My hope is that she also has learned and continues to grow from this unfortunate

August of 2012, I had just been at my unit for less than a month when I got assigned to participate in my first hike with them. It was the afternoon time frame when I was approached by one of leaders that told me what I was going to be doing the following morning. I responded with an “Aye HM1” but realized he forgot to tell me what to be carrying in my pack that day for the Hike. I approached him and asked “HM1 what is on the gear list for this hike?” He responded with “Bring your all of the gear you were issued”. So that night I went back to my room and I packed everything I had into the two bags. The two bags put together must have weighed over 100 pounds, but I had to add on an additional bag which was my med bag. I strapped my Med Bag to the Top of my Main bag and set out for the hike. That morning I show up to where I was told to be at with all my gear. We got accountability of everyone before we started; I remember being so nervous at that point because I didn’t want to fail at my job. My job on this hikes what to be the responding Corpsman (which is similar to a medic but better) for any marines that may pass out or get injured on this hike. As soon as we took the first few steps on the hike I knew I was doomed to fail, we started going up this hill named Recon. Recon was a hill that was extremely steep and stayed like that for one mile from top to bottom. As soon as we started to climb the hill I could feel the extreme pain in my thighs. About

Another study that is supportive of the hypothesis that spinal immobilization is detrimental to trauma victims examines the efficacy of spinal immobilization practices during extrication. In a high tech proof of concept study conducted by Dixon, O’Halloran, Hannigan, Keenan, & Cummins, it is concluded that current evidence base for spinal immobilization techniques during prehospital extrication is poor. They further emphasize that traditional prehospital extrication techniques used by the emergency medical services (EMS) have evolved through pragmatism rather than being introduced following evidence-based scientific research. To prove this they used high speed cameras and biomechanical markers to measure the range and degree of motion that

What about the husband? Do you just let him lie there and bleed out? No, he might have done something wrong but he is still human and needs medical care. For all we know he could have a sunken chest wound or maybe even a pneumothorax. He is given medical attention, just the basic first aid, and then gets taken to the hospital. There he needs immediate surgery. I find this interesting because two worlds that I know and understand come into play here, my dream is to become a surgeon. But, I know and love the tactical side because I am a police explorer.

My counseling says “When you receive information about a soldier being sent to the hospital it is your obligation to inform your chain of command so that information can be passed up the chain and the appropriate actions can be taken if need be. I understand that it might not seem like a very big deal but a soldier getting admitted to the hospital for any reason can take a turn for the worse without notice and also we have to account for the soldier while they are in the hospital. In the future make sure you pass this information up the chain as soon as it is received.”