title: Trauma pain - a military perspective.
abstract: This paper outlines the system developed by the United Kingdom's Defence Medical Services to manage the pain associated with combat trauma from the point of wounding, through repatriation back home to rehabilitation and eventual discharge from the Forces, whenever that may be. The system is founded upon the principles of integration and sustainability and this article includes discussion of both clinical and non-clinical components.
authors.affiliation: Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wyldbore
authors.affiliation: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Winchester, UK.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aldington
keywords: Acute pain; chronic pain; pain management; pain measurement; phantom limb