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Friday February 9, 2007
War Trauma and Advances in Battlefield Medicine
Advances in Civilian medicine and lessons learned from earlier conflicts are fueling a transformation in how medics treat U.S. soldiers injured in Iraq. On the battlefield, medics have sophisticated new tools to save lives, such as a bandage that fuses directly to red blood cells and seals wounds shut. Join Dr. Pat Raymond as she talks with Mark A. Fontana MD and Captian Bruce L. Gillingham as they share their experiences from being in the front lines of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va.
