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The Impact of War
12:00 pm
Sun February 19, 2012
Medics In Training: Treating Soldiers In Transit
By Cheri Lawson
Among the thousands of U.S. military men and women still fighting in Afghanistan, many will have their missions cut short by serious injury. Quickly airlifting them out of the war zone requires teams of specially trained medical personnel. Cheri Lawson of WNKU spent the day at a Cincinnati, Ohio, hospital where the rigorous training takes place.