Battlefield acupuncture: Opening the door for acupuncture in Department of Defense/Veteran's Administration health care

被引:36
作者
Walker, Patricia Hinton [1 ]
Pock, Arnyce [2 ]
Ling, Catherine G. [3 ]
Kwon, Kyung Nancy [4 ]
Vaughan, Megan [5 ]
机构
[1] Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, Off President, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
[2] Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, Sch Med, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
[3] Daniel K Inouye Grad Sch Nursing, DNP & NP Program, Bethesda, MD USA
[4] Henry Jackson Fdn, DVCIPM, Res Management, Rockville, MD USA
[5] Def Vet Ctr Pain Management DVCIPM, Rockville, MD USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Battlefield acupuncture; Pain management; Military; Veterans; Interdisciplinary education; Advanced practice nurses; PAIN RATING-SCALE; VALIDATION; MANAGEMENT; DEFENSE; DVPRS;
D O I
10.1016/j.outlook.2016.07.008
中图分类号
R47 [护理学];
学科分类号
1011 ;
摘要
Battlefield acupuncture is a unique auricular acupuncture procedure which is being used in a number of military medical facilities throughout the Department of Defense (DOD). It has been used with anecdotal published positive impact with warriors experiencing polytrauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury. It has also been effectively used to treat warriors with muscle and back pain from carrying heavy combat equipment in austere environments. This article highlights the history within the DoD related to the need for nonpharmacologic/opioid pain management across the continuum of care from combat situations, during evacuation, and throughout recovery and rehabilitation. The article describes the history of auricular acupuncture and details implementation procedures. Training is necessary and partially funded through DoD and Veteran's Administration (VA) internal Joint Incentive Funds grants between the DoD and the VA for multidisciplinary teams as part of a larger initiative related to the recommendations from the DoD Army Surgeon General's Pain Management Task Force. Finally, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine and Graduate School of Nursing faculty members present how this interdisciplinary training is currently being integrated into both schools for physicians and advanced practice nurses at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Current and future research challenges and progress related to the use of acupuncture are also presented.
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页码:491 / 498
页数:8
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