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Amputee - Amputee Coalition of America
Our mission is to reach out to people with limb loss and to empower them through education, support and advocacy.
Amputee - Military In-Step (Web-based Publication)
A publication of the Amputee Coalition of America in partnership with the U.S. Army Amputee Patient Care Program. Includes topics such as: The Miliary Amputee; Caring for Yourself after Amputation; The Prosthesis and Its Components; The Rehabilitation Process; Common Problems; The Military Benefits System; Sports and Recreation.
Amputee - Tattoo your brace or prosthetic - Global Tattoo Orthotic Prosthetic Innovatiosn (GTOPI)
GTOPI introduces custom orthotic and prosthetic art tattoo innovations in OandP Cosmetics. Founder, Dan Horkey a below knee amputee, invented a way to empower fellow amputees and veterans with custom tattoos.
Amputee - War Amputees (Iraq and Afghanistan)
This site is devoted to compiling information on those who have suffered a limb loss as a result of their service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Please feel free to spread word of this blog.
Burn Resources - Burn Survivor Resources
This site is being offered as the premier one stop resource center to ensure professional information is made available to the burn survivor, to the many people who are searching for critical information on behalf of a loved one, to the family and to the professionals. We hope that this site will be able to assist you with valuable advice, guidance, products and support that otherwise might not be easily available to you.
Burn Resources - Grossman Burn Foundation
In addition to our civilian services, we have developed programs to support or provide funding to injured military personnel who are in need of reconstructive and/or burn surgery.
Burn Resources - Face the Fire
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Birdwell is a survivor of the terrorists' attacks on September 11, 2001. After hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 collided into the Pentagon, Birdwell was thrown to the ground and engulfed in flames. Of the burns that consumed 60 percent of his body, nearly half were third degree, resulting in the need for 30+ operations. Brian's recovery has been truly remarkable and spiritually he is stronger than ever before. Together, he and his wife, Mel, share that spiritual strength and encouragement with other burn survivors and their families through the message of Christ's love and sovereignty.
Their ministry goals are:
- To glorify the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, in all of our endeavors
- To provide financial assistance to the families of burn victims
- To financially, and otherwise, assist medical facilities specializing in the research, treatment and care of burn survivors
- To help burn survivors and their families understand the rehabilitation process and enable them to live a full, meaningful and productive life after enduring such a tragedy
Medical Professional Services - Healing Heroes
Our mission is to heal America’s heroes by providing quality medical care to the men and women of the armed forces injured in the line of duty on or after 9/11/01. Through a nationwide network of medical professionals willing to provide services, Healing Heroes Network treats these brave warriors free of charge, for services not covered, or delayed under the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs benefits system. "Healing America's troops, one Hero at a time."
Reconstructive Surgeries - Iraq Star Foundation
Providing reconstructive surgery to American Soldiers returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Iraq Star, Inc. is a non-profit Foundation dedicated to providing the necessary reconstructive surgeries to assist war veterans recovering from physical and mental injuries. It is the Foundation's hope that reconstructive surgery will also help our veterans heal from emotional trauma, increase self-esteem, and ease their return to their homes and careers.
Reconstructive Surgeries - Operation Mend
Operation Mend, a unique new partnership between UCLA Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, has been established to help treat several U.S. military personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The pilot project was launched with the help of philanthropist Ronald A. Katz, a well-known inventor and UCLA Medical Center board member, who recognized that providing excellent care to injured soldiers need not be limited to the U.S. Department of eterans Affairs and the Armed Services. The project aims to serve as a model for other medical institutions interested in helping additional wounded service members.
Segways - Segs4Vets (Two-wheeled transportation)
The Segs4Vets program is currently only serving members or former members of the United States military who while on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, while serving under one of the following conditions:
Armed Conflict; Hazardous Service; Conditions Simulating War; Instrumentality of War; Combat Operation; Combat Zone; incurred illness or injury resulting in permanent disability and difficulty walking.
Applications will be assessed and selection of recipients is made by a panel of members chaired by a retired member of the United States military. Please provide as much information as you are comfortable providing which could enhance your chances of being selected as a Segs4Vets recipient, including your hometown and your plans for your future.
Prior to being selected as a Segs4Vets recipient, DRAFT will require a favorable assessment by your physical/occupational therapist regarding your ability to safely use a Segway as a tool which would enhance the quality of your life.
Voice controlled laptops, Wii video game system, personal gps - Project Valour-IT (Soldiers' Angels)
Project Valour-IT helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries. Items supplied include:
- Voice-controlled Laptops - Operated by speaking into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, they allow the wounded to maintain connections with the rest of the world during recovery.
- Wii Video Game Systems - Whole-body game systems increase motivation and speed recovery when used under the guidance of physical therapists in therapy sessions (donated only to medical facilities).
- Personal GPS - Handheld GPS devices build self-confidence and independence by compensating for short-term memory loss and organizational challenges related to severe TBI and severe PTSD.
Warrior transition - Warrior Transition Battalion
Website - various installations have their own specific websites
Warrior Transition Battalion(WTB) is a unit specializes in taking care of wounded, injured and ill Soldiers of the United States Army. We call them Warriors in Transition (WT). This is a special unit through which WTs receive necessary healing and time to heal. This unit ultimately ensures WTs’ smooth transition either back into the military or into the civilian life. In order to achieve this goal, WTB provides three layers of assistance. Squad leaders assist WTs with command and control issues. Nurse Case Managers manage and regulate WTs’ medicine and medical appointments issues. Physical Care Managers (doctors) monitor WTs’ healing process closely and provide prompt diagnoses. In addition to the “TRIAD” assistance, WTs also receive emotional support from the social workers assigned to each company and spiritual guidance and healing from unit chaplains. WTB works very hard to ensure smooth transition via holistic approach to their healing.
Warrior transition - Wounded Warrior Barracks - SemperMax
Here you will see motivating Warriors who are Always Doing their Best. Tim A Maxwell, a LtCol in the USMC, was wounded in Iraq in 2004, when a mortar round exploded and inserted shrapnel into my brain. He writes:
I have learned a lot. I have learned that medicine is very complicated, confusing, and addicting.
I have learned that paperwork, such as PEB, VA, and Social Security, is brutal. But most of all, I have learned that being alone is the worst. Those who stay in their service, regardless of their frustration, are better than those who live alone.
So, I have come up with this web site. Even though we cannot all be together physically, we can be together mentally.
If you are doing great, share your story. Give others some hope!
If things are not going well, read and learn how others have dealt with the same type of situation. You can also send me an email, and I will try to put you in contact with the right person.
The bottom line....we all need to stay in the fight TOGETHER!
Copyright Benita Koeman 2008 - 2012
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Voice controlled laptops, Wii video game system, personal gps
Warrior Warrior (Battalion, Barracks)
