Combat PTSD and Anesthesia

Witnessing veterans jolt awake in terror—thrashing violently, self-extubating tubes, and injuring themselves and staff—the VA Pittsburgh team refused to accept emergence delirium as an unavoidable risk

Two helmeted soldiers stand close together in the foreground, their silhouettes and attentive postures facing a pale morning sky where three UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters fly away in formation, the soft light suggesting dawn and a sense of distance and transition—image used to evoke themes of service, memory, and recovery.

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