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The wilderness and operational setting places unique constraints on one's ability to treat pain. In this article we will discuss methods for treating pain both in the wilderness and operational setting. By operational we mean the austere deployed military setting, to include both noncombat and combat operations. The authors combined experience with wartime trauma pain management consists of experience in Operation "Just Cause" (Panama Invasion), Operation "Desert Storm" (Persian Gulf War), Operation "Uphold Democracy" (Haiti liberation), Operation "Enduring Freedom" (Afghanistan conflict), and Operation "Iraqi Freedom" (Iraq conflict).The wilderness and operational setting places unique constraints on one's ability to treat pain. In this article we will discuss methods for treating pain both in the wilderness and operational setting. By operational we mean the austere deployed military setting, to include both noncombat and combat operations. The authors combined experience with wartime trauma pain management consists of experience in Operation "Just Cause" (Panama Invasion), Operation "Desert Storm" (Persian Gulf War), Operation "Uphold Democracy" (Haiti liberation), Operation "Enduring Freedom" (Afghanistan conflict), and Operation "Iraqi Freedom" (Iraq conflict).
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Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use;
Anesthesia, Conduction -- methods;
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal -- therapeutic use;
Humans;
Ketamine -- therapeutic use;
Pain -- etiology;
Wounds and Injuries -- complications;
Wounds and Injuries -- therapy;
Analgesia -- methods (major);
Emergency Medical Services -- methods (major);
Emergency Medicine -- methods (major);
Military Medicine -- methods (major);
Pain Management (major);
Rescue Work -- methods (major)
1 University of Washington School of Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, WA 98431, USA [email protected]