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DAVE DAVIES
NPR Fresh Air
11-10-2009
For Wounded Soldiers, Prosthetic Help At Home

Host: DAVE DAVIES
Time 12:00-13:00 PM

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When injured vets return to the U.S., their first stop is the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Today's improvements in tanks, body armor and medical care have led to more soldiers surviving their injuries than in previous wars.

My next guest, Colonel Paul Pasquina, is the medical director of the amputee program and chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Walter Reed.

As Jonathan Kuniholm discussed in the first ...

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