Richard Carmona: Medical lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan in danger of evaporating

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Richard Carmona: Medical lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan in danger of evaporating

If you can say anything good about battlefield wounds, it's this: They have often produced advances in emergency medical treatment that benefit not only troops ...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

January 29, 2016 10:28 am

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Richard Carmona, former Surgeon General

If you can say anything good about battlefield wounds, it's this: They have often produced advances in emergency medical treatment that benefit not only troops but anyone who receives a similar injury. But only if the treatment experience is captured and taught. Fourteen years of hard-won learning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are in danger of evaporating. That's according to former Surgeon General Richard Carmona. In this interview with Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Carmona explains why he thinks this is such an important issue.