Military medicine

She discussed her life as a military PA and her journey from PA school to becoming a commissioned officer in the US Air Force.

and insight into military medicine, life on the base, and the mental resilience required to serve.

In part two, she continued on her story discussing the patient population she cared for in the military, the challenges of being a woman in that environment, and ultimately what led her to transition out of the armed services and find her way to Tri-County Orthopedics.

We're proud to have her on our team and we thank her for her service.

Find out more about the incredible life of Tony Johnson and our previous guests on our website, wardocspodcast.com.

Welcome to War Docs, the military medicine podcast.

This show brings you a first-hand, behind-the-scenes look into the mission, unique opportunities, and deployed experiences of the entire military healthcare team.

From state-of-the-art hospitals in the United States to the most austere environments across the globe, War Docs has you covered.

What can a small nation with a fierce warrior tradition teach the world's largest militaries about keeping wounded soldiers alive? On this episode, Warnock's caught up with Brigadier General Peter Iverson, Surgeon General of the Norwegian Armed Forces, at the Defense Strategies Institute Op Med Symposium.

An orthopedic trauma surgeon with deployments to Afghanistan, Chad, and anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean, General Iverson brings a frontline surgeon's view of war surgery and the future of allied military medicine.

Listen for his hard-earned lessons on combat casualty care, surgical readiness, and the allied partnerships that strengthen us all.

Stay tuned.

Welcome to War Docs, the military medicine podcast.

This show brings you a first-hand, behind-the-scenes look into the mission, unique opportunities, and deployed experiences of the entire military healthcare team.

From state-of-the-art hospitals in the United States to the most austere environments across the globe, War Docs has you covered.

It was a lot of difficult cases, orthopedic cases, but they learned a lot.

So it's interesting.

I think sort of the order of the decisions in the military medicine combination reveals something about my priorities.

I decided to be a military professional to go into the Air Force before I decided I wanted to be a doctor after.

To give you a little bit of background, both my brother and I were raised by two parents who were first-generation college students.

That's not always a guarantee.

HPSP.

You're entering military medicine right after undergrad, so there's not necessarily the guarantee that you're going to get to do the subspecialty you want to while you're wearing uniform.

I lucked out, which has been great for me.

Today, we're discussing the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, or EACE, an organization dedicated to improving care for service members and veterans with extremity trauma and limb loss through evidence-based rehabilitation, education, clinical practice recommendations, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

While its work is rooted in military medicine, many of its resources have become valuable to rehabilitation professionals across civilian healthcare as well.

Joining me today is Andrea Cronkhorn, Chief of Clinical Affairs for the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence.

Andrea, thanks for being here.

Um, but, but definitely we have these advanced clinical competencies.

Uh, we presented at CSM.

We've published in Military Medicine.

Um, but again, we, we've got these academic partners who are very interested because literally, internationally, there are no advanced competency training programs except for a handful that are kinda coming up, where it's a week here, a week there.

Stay tuned.

[helicopter roaring] Welcome to War Docs, the military medicine podcast.

This show brings you a firsthand, behind-the-scenes look into the mission, unique opportunities, and deployed experiences of the entire military healthcare team.

From state-of-the-art hospitals in the United States to the most austere environments across the globe, War Docs has you covered.

How do you make that okay?

Well, that's exactly right, and that is a, a basic foundation of high reliability organizations which, uh...

You know, the movement in military medicine actually started with the Air Force Medical Service and came to the Veterans Health Administration around late 2018 when a fellow named Major General Rich Stone, former deputy Army surgeon general, and who had worked as a consultant to the Air Force in their efforts to initially, uh, create a high reliability environment.

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