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Similar to those troops face on the battlefield. >> severe traumatic brain injuries. severe gunshot wound injuries, stab injuries. >> that is why the navy trains doctors, nurses and corpsmen from all over the world before they ship out to the war zone. >> this is one of the business issuesiest and most intense emergency rooms in the country and right now, members of the navy are working side by side with doctors here to treat a young woman who just came in with a stab wound. >> this is relevant ...

>> this is very relevant and we could see something like this, whether in iraq, afghanistan, wherever we are deployed. >> in coming... >> reporter: the three week program includes battlefield simulation and autopsies and going on round and because of the nature of injuries, the burn unit is one of the most essential parts of the training. >> weve had 3-4 different people who e-mail, texted us back from iraq saying they learned stuff here they were able to use to treat people on the front lines. ...

Afghanistan or wherever were deployed. >> reporter: the three-week program includes battlefield simulation, basic autopsies and going o doctors. because of the nature of combat injuries, burn unit is one of the most important part of training. >> we have had three or four different people e-mail or texting us back from iraq saying they learned stuff here they were able to use to treat people on the front lines. >> reporter: in return for use of the hospital, usc gets extra hands from the navy in...

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Blaze. a drought and hurricane force winds combined to create a firestorm. this morning there are a the least seven dead and the number of people still missing, more than six. john and janet summers from memphis were vacationing with their three sons. the sons are in the burn unit at vanderbilt university this morning, that aeir parents not in three days new. sadly among the bodies now identified, 70-year-old alice hagler. >> my mother called me that the house was on fire. i told her to get out....

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It was a sight to behold. >> you look as beautiful as ever, but i know this was a tough road and you had a whole team that helped you get ready for this broadcast. >> i had the access to -- i spent an hour in hair and makeup this morning. i have on false eyelashes. this is all fake hair. when the makeup artist brushed an eyebrow on me, i almost stood up and kissed her this morning. but it is a long, hard road for burn victims. i was by far the most fortunate person in my burn unit. >> i wanted t...