Dr. Cohen Studies Pain Treatment in the Field
According to a study published in the December issue of Anesthesiology, treating soldiers’ pain in the field instead of being sent elsewhere for therapy is good for their comfort and better for rebuilding troop strength.
Study co-author Colonel Steven Cohen, M.D., of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says that “Establishing pain treatment centers in combat areas gets care to soldiers fast and could dramatically increase the military’s ability to maintain troop levels and succeed militarily in places like Iraq… Early intervention is almost always associated with better outcomes.”
