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Trial by (Simulated) Fire
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Students from Bethesda's Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences spend two weeks in a simulated war zone learning how to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Note: contains some graphic images.
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In just 30 minutes, they had to bring order out of chaos. They recovered the soldiers and performed triage on each. They separated the troops by severity of injury. And they evacuated the most seriously hurt in ambulances.
Their commanders, who were evaluating them, were shouting at them.
"Let's go! Too much time on the scene."
"Let's go! Make a decision."
"Why is this taking so long? Let's go!"
But by the end, the chaos subsided.
"The students transform before our eyes," Sharp said. "They seem reticent at first to play the role . . . and at the end we practically need to hand out Academy Awards."
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