Wounded Warrior Recovery Resources

Operation Backbone provides crucial brain and spine surgical treatments for active duty and veterans who need an accelerated substitute to their current care options. Post strength training provided by (NHL) Buffalo Sabres.

Amputee resources

Amputee Coalition of America

www.amputee-coalition.org

Our mission is to reach out to people with limb loss and to empower them through education, support and advocacy.

Prosthetic Ink

https://www.facebook.com/ProstheticInk/

Dan Horkey a below knee amputee, invented a way to empower fellow amputees and veterans with custom tattoos.

Burn resources

Burn Survivor Resources

www.burnsurvivor.com

This site is being offered as the premier one stop resource center to ensure professional information is made available to the burn survivor, to the many people who are searching for critical information on behalf of a loved one, to the family and to the professionals. We hope that this site will be able to assist you with valuable advice, guidance, products and support that otherwise might not be easily available to you.

Grossman Burn Foundation

www.grossmanburnfoundation.org

In addition to our civilian services, we have developed programs to support or provide funding to injured military personnel who are in need of reconstructive and/or burn surgery.

Reconstructive surgeries

Operation Mend

http://operationmend.ucla.edu/

Operation Mend, a unique new partnership between UCLA Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, has been established to help treat several U.S. military personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The pilot project was launched with the help of philanthropist Ronald A. Katz, a well-known inventor and UCLA Medical Center board member, who recognized that providing excellent care to injured soldiers need not be limited to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Armed Services. The project aims to serve as a model for other medical institutions interested in helping additional wounded service members.

Segways

Segs4Vets

https://www.segs4vets.ngo/

The Segs4Vets program is currently only serving members or former members of the United States military who while on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, while serving under one of the following conditions:

Armed Conflict; Hazardous Service; Conditions Simulating War; Instrumentality of War; Combat Operation; Combat Zone; incurred illness or injury resulting in permanent disability and difficulty walking.

Applications will be assessed and selection of recipients is made by a panel of members chaired by a retired member of the United States military. Please provide as much information as you are comfortable providing which could enhance your chances of being selected as a Segs4Vets recipient, including your hometown and your plans for your future.

Prior to being selected as a Segs4Vets recipient, DRAFT will require a favorable assessment by your physical/occupational therapist regarding your ability to safely use a Segway as a tool which would enhance the quality of your life.

Voice controlled laptops, Wii video game system, personal gps

Project Valour-IT (Soldiers' Angels)

www.soldiersangels.org

Project Valour-IT helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries. Items supplied include:

Voice-controlled Laptops - Operated by speaking into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, they allow the wounded to maintain connections with the rest of the world during recovery.

Wii Video Game Systems - Whole-body game systems increase motivation and speed recovery when used under the guidance of physical therapists in therapy sessions (donated only to medical facilities).

Personal GPS - Handheld GPS devices build self-confidence and independence by compensating for short-term memory loss and organizational challenges related to severe TBI and severe PTSD.