Announcing The Opening of New Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Medicine Clinic
Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Medicine
Grand Opening
April 18, 2008 at 10:00
Joel Audiotorium
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
For further information contact Kelly Kiser at kelly.kiser@na.amedd.army.mil or (202)782-7652
New Procedure Revolutionizes Battlefield Approach to Pain
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The First Use of Regional Anesthesia in Iraq
Doctors at Walter Reed have been using regional anesthesia for years, but Oct. 7, 2003, was the first time they used it on the battlefield. "Army Spc. Brian Wilhelm was the first individual that ever had a continuous peripheral nerve block on the battlefield that was used during evacuation," said Buckenmaier. "We kept him pain-free from Iraq to Landstuhl and from Germany back to Walter Reed by redosing him through those same catheters we inserted in Balad, Iraq. We also used the same catheters during five operations." More>>
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