MetaFilter posts tagged with wound

Second Aid?

serazin — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:35:24 -0800

Beyond First Aid: How to handle being pepper sprayed, How to help a woman who is giving birth, How to suture, How to survive a gunshot wound, etc.

chop chop chop

soiled cowboy — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:47:37 -0800

Imagine what it might feel like to get hit in the head by a rotating helicopter blade. Johnny Lowe found out two days ago -- and has survived to earn the nickname "Chopper".

For Injured U.S. Troops, 'Financial Friendly Fire'

zouhair — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:58:14 -0800

His hand had been blown off in Iraq, his body pierced by shrapnel. He could not walk. Robert Loria was flown home for a long recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he tried to bear up against intense physical pain and reimagine his life's possibilities
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But nine months after Loria was wounded, the Army garnished his wages and then, as he prepared to leave the service, hit him with a $6,200 debt. That was just before last Christmas, and several lawmakers scrambled to help. This spring, a collection agency started calling. He owed another $646 for military housing.
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