In conflict settings, the focus is often on the moment of survival: stopping the bleeding, securing the airway, and evacuating the injured. But what happens after that moment can shape the rest of a patient’s life.
In this webinar, rehabilitation specialist David Crandell explores the critical role of rehabilitation and adaptive medicine in modern conflict environments, drawing on experiences supporting medical systems responding to large-scale trauma in Ukraine.
Using lessons learned from both the Boston Marathon bombing response and work alongside humanitarian partners on the ground, David examines how early clinical decisions influence long-term outcomes for patients with severe injuries, including limb loss and complex trauma.
The discussion highlights the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration between first responders, surgeons, rehabilitation specialists, and prosthetics teams. It also explores how systems of care must adapt when healthcare providers are managing large numbers of injured patients over extended periods of conflict.
This session provides valuable insight for clinicians working across emergency medicine, trauma care, humanitarian response, and rehabilitation who want to better understand the full continuum of care following traumatic injury.
Topics discussed include:
• The long-term impact of early trauma care decisions
• Limb salvage, amputation, and functional outcomes
• Rehabilitation medicine in large-scale conflict settings
• The role of multidisciplinary teams in improving patient outcomes
• Lessons from Ukraine and other mass casualty events
By understanding what happens after the initial life-saving interventions, healthcare professionals can better support recovery, functional independence, and long-term quality of life for patients affected by conflict-related trauma.