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Treating wounded troops takes toll on caregivers
(Deborah Funk,The Army Times, August 09, 2005)
The Army is extending outreach to health care workers at its posts out of concern that treating a heavy stream of wounded combat troops is taking a psychological toll, according to a top Army psychiatrist. “We are concerned about the impact of the war and specifically about the traumatic impact on our folks,” said Army Col. (Dr.) Elspeth Ritchie, the psychiatry consultant to the Army surgeon general. “They’re really seeing an extraordinary amount of trauma.” Anecdotal information indicates that some health care workers are suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress, such as re-experiencing gruesome events and having sleep difficulty. Some have trouble reconnecting emotionally and talking to people who haven’t been to war. And some just get so emotionally worn down that they may have trouble caring about people, Ritchie said. “This is a concern at the highest level of Army medical leadership,” Ritchie said. “We’re the ones that take care of the rest of the Army. If we’re not doing well, we’re not going to do our job of taking care of the Army well.”

posted by A Curmudgeon 6:14 AM