Splenic injury sustained during body hardening drills and the utility of ultrasound in a prehospital combat medical environment.

This report describes a case of intra-abdominal hemorrhage from body hardening drills in a U.S. soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Manipulating presence influences the magnitude of virtual reality analgesia.

Excessive pain during medical procedures performed in unanesthetized patients is frequently reported, but can be reduced with virtual reality (VR) distraction. Increasing the person's illusion of going into the virtual world may increase how effectively VR distracts pain. Healthy volunteers aged 18-20 years participated in a double-blind between-groups design.