Wartime Injuries
Sending epilepsy meds, equipment to crisis zones requires multidisciplinary effort
ORLANDO — Shipping medication and equipment to health care professionals for those with epilepsy in crisis zones such as Ukraine to allow for continuity of care requires a multidisciplinary effort, according to a speaker.
Where should surgical management of military ocular trauma occur?
According to NATO standards, combat casualties should be managed through a system of echelons of care in which the most critically injured patients receive the most urgent care at the earliest time possible.
War-related eye injuries require complex, unconventional management strategies
War shifts needs and priorities, and much of what is taken for granted in peacetime is no longer there.
National Kidney Month celebrates kidney health for all
For National Kidney Month, Healio presents a collection of articles detailing different challenges the kidney community has overcome to provide care to the most vulnerable patients.
Ukrainian-American physicians are organizing war relief efforts — here’s what they need
Accessible health care grows more necessary by the day in Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country, impacting the most vulnerable and crippling existing health infrastructure.
Q&A: Physicians weigh in as attacks on health care continue in Ukraine
WHO estimates there have been upwards of two attacks per day on health care infrastructure in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of the country.
WHO provides critical health care to Ukraine, neighboring countries amid war with Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hindering humanitarian access and disrupting medical supply chains that are critical to health care in the besieged country, according to WHO.