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Saturday, March 22, 2003Col. Tom Knuth, an Army general surgeon, had been awake for nearly two days, yet he was alert and meticulous as he made his rounds at Ryder Trauma Center. Chad Howell, a combat medic and weary trainee, gave him the updates on his patients: one man's jaw had been shattered in a motorcycle accident, the other had been beaten over the head with a metal pipe. Knuth patted the doctor on the shoulder and told him his report was weak. Knuth needed more details. ''Yes sir,'' Howell responded, though he trailed groggily, ``I just came back on shift after a three-hour nap.'' Knuth is the director of the Army Trauma Training Center at Ryder, at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. He is one of the permanent Army staff members, who, with Ryder's civilian staff, teach and train Army medics, nurses and doctors in trauma intervention. The program, which was developed after Sept 11, uses a civilian trauma center to train Army medical personnel in trauma care. Excellent idea. In peace time, Army facilities have a definite dearth of trauma, but community hospitals never have a shortage of it. posted by Sydney on 3/22/2003 08:12:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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