FILE PHOTO: Nurse Chris Prott examines a patient in the urgent care department at the Iron Mountain VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan, U.S., August 25, 2021. John Jamison/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Nurse Chris Prott's knees jump, his heart races, his mouth goes dry and his mind floods with dark memories when he talks about working in the Milwaukee VA Medical Center's intensive care unit (ICU) during pandemic surges.
Prott shares a struggle common to many of the military veterans for whom he has cared for years: symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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