Tag Archives: TBI

Vincent Worrell lay shivering on a trauma bay. He felt something in his mouth. He sat up and spat fragments of his front teeth into a bedpan. They were mixed with blood and tissue torn from inside his mouth. He … Continue reading →

Everything went right east of Tikrit on Nov. 15, 2004. At least that’s the way 1st Lt. Ed Salau sees it, though that was the day he lost his left leg. As platoon leader, he had 20 of his guys … Continue reading →

In the history of war, the more proficient combatants have become at fighting, the better medicine has become at healing. During World War II, battlefield doctors devised better techniques to repair delicate blood vessels, essentially rewriting the textbooks on vascular … Continue reading →

The day before his 22nd birthday, a bomb hanging from a tree along a road near Fallujah exploded above Rory Dunn’s Humvee. Dunn’s forehead was crushed from ear to ear, leaving his brain exposed. His right eye was destroyed by … Continue reading →

A new trauma in Iraq Severe brain injuries – and soldiers who live through them – increase in this war, creating challenges Because more soldiers in Iraq are surviving severe brain injury, doctors are witnessing a potentially long-lasting set of … Continue reading →

This war walks among us Most of the injured in Iraq are surviving, and their homecoming could undercut Bush In wartime, the silence of the American dead is a vacuum that the powerful in Washington try to fill. While loved … Continue reading →

Danger Dismissed: How the Pentagon downplays the risks of depleted uranium weapons ‘Silver Bullet,’ Black Dust Chapter 1: Looking for a cause, looking for a cure.  Many vets suspect the magic weapon of the 1991 Persian Gulf War caused their … Continue reading →

  IRAQ IN TRANSITION Fighting the wounds of war `This is raw, dirty, gut-checking business.’ By Rick Jervis Tribune staff reporter October 26, 2004 BAGHDAD — The injured never stop coming, and their wounds tell the story of the war. … Continue reading →