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Some horrific injuries and they're getting narcotics for a longer period of time, they're certainly at risk to develop dependency. and that's what we're trying to avoid. the army surgeon general directed that we establish the pain management task force to take a look at alternatives to narcotics. >> there's very large randomized trials done at multiple centers that have demonstrated that acupuncture works. so we put together a study to see if we can actually insert this simple acupuncture technique during the aerovacs of wounded soldiers into walter reed and other medical centers in the united...

Easy to climb. so compress in my back. treated for sciatic nerve, back, l-2, l-3, l-4, l-5, swelling left side of my brain, and extreme ptsd. >> with ten years of ongoing wars, the amount of suffering that's going on in the military right now is tremendous. when you go over into a war zone where you see your buddies die or you get injured, that's going to tax anybody. and we see that suffering. during the aerovacs of wounded soldiers, the approach to pain that currently exists is to get medications.

Side of my brain and extreme ptsd. >> with ten years of ongoing wars, the amount of suffering that's going on in the military right now is tremendous. when you go over into a war zone where you see your buddies die or you get injured, that's going to tax anybody. and we see that suffering. during the aerovacs of wounded soldiers, the approach to pain that currently exists is to get medications. >> do you have any pain right now? okay, i can see what you can have for pain, all right?

Dependency, and that is what we are trying to avoid. the army sergeant general directed that we establish the pain management task force to take a look at alternatives to narcotics. >> there's very large randomized trials done at multiple centers that demonstrated acupuncture works, so we put together a study to see if we can actually insert this simple acupuncture technique during the aerovacs of wounded soldiers to walter reed and other medical centers in the united states. the question was, can we relieve their pain and reduce the amount of medications that they are on so by the time they g...

During the aerovacs of wounded soldiers, the approach to pain that currently exists is to get medications. >> do you have any pain right now? okay, i can see what you can have for pain, all right? he asked for pain medication. they don't say how much they gave, but he can have anywhere between 5 and 10 milligrams of morphine. >> i just want to see what they've given him. >> is he sleepy? >> yeah. it's very hard for us as nurses to treat for pain because there's no thermometer that we can stick in and say oh, it's 7 out of 10 pain. we have to basically treat the patient for whatever they state....