Sunday, August 16, 2009

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAM WORKING TO SAVE LIVES IN AFGHANISTAN (LIVE BBC VIDEO)


Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERTs) working in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, are on call 24 hours a day and seven days a week ready to respond to any injuries that UK and coalition troops may suffer on the front line. Report by Lt Jonnie Telford. The MERTs are based at the field hospital in Camp Bastion. They are a rapid response team consisting of a protection element, or Quick Reaction Force (QRF), of eight soldiers operating alongside the medical team of a consultant anaesthetist, an accident and emergency specialist and two medics.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/DWeILz2O8os&hl=en&fs=1

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