DVPMI
Walter Reed Army
Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue NW
Bldg 2, Ward 44,
Room 4430
Washington, D.C. 20307
Phone: (202) 782-2943 / 7652
Fax: (202) 782-5066
DVPMI Board
The Defense & Veterans Pain Management Initiative (DVPMI) Board, formerly known as the Military Advanced Regional Anesthesia & Analgesia (MARAA), is a tri-service collaborative group of anesthesia providers that makes recommendations about acute pain management in a battlefield environment.
The DVPMI strives to improve the treatment of pain in wounded soldiers. The first successful continuous peripheral nerve block was used on a wounded soldier in October 2003. Through the efforts of the DVPMI, peripheral nerve infusion pumps and patient-controlled analgesia pumps have been approved for battlefield use and for flights on military aircraft, allowing pain control for patients undergoing difficult medical air evacuations from austere environments.
COL Chester “Trip” Buckenmaier is the founding member and current president of the DVPMI Board.
Meeting Minutes
More DVPMI Information
DVPMI Charter (Revised Oct 2008)