The Department was established in 1947 and is currently divided into three major Departmentsâthe Department of the Army, Navy and Air Forceâand has a military staff of 1,418,542 (553,044 US Army; 329,304 US Navy; 202,786 US Marine Corps; 333,408 US Air Force). The DoD is headed by the Secretary of Defense.
PREEMPTIVE analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents establishment of altered processing of afferent input, which amplifies postoperative pain. The concept of preemptive analgesia was formulated by Crile at the beginning of the previous century on the basis of clinical observations.
Sep 7, '11 by elkpark. s/p (status post) means that the client has had the procedure or event in the past. As in, s/p appendectomy means the person has had an appy; s/p overdose means the person took an overdose, etc. So, deep vein thrombosis s/p inferior vena cava filter would mean that the client has deep vein thrombosis and has had (an) inferior vena cava filter (placed). ARTPOPIST likes this.