Trauma Doc News Today

To the plane, a last emotional hug from the trauma doc, captain joshua miller of the. >> take care of yourself. i saw him over there in that wheelchair and i took another look at him and i said, look, man, what are you doing here again? im not supposed to see you again. sure enough, he had suffered another explosion injury. >> the doors have just shut on this air medical evacuation flight here in bagram, afghanistan. the wounded have already been loaded. you can see that medical staff is already...

In the hospital hallway, army specialist james dennis is being shipped home after being in three attacks in three weeks. he had already been here before. he survived two roadside bomb attacks in the same day and then, a couple of days ago -- >> indirect fire. i was hit by a mortar. >> but still smiling. >> im good, they gave me some medicine. >> in the latest attack, dennis ordered junior troops under fire to run for safety. he couldnt get away in time. >> i didnt even get to start running and i...

Running and i guess it knocked me out because i remember pushes myself up out the ground and i had blood all over me. and then we medevaced me. >> dennis praises the doctors and nurses. >> these people here are awesome. i mean, they do their job and i respect these guys a lot. >> before dennis move to the plane, a last emotional hug from the trauma doc, captain joshua miller. >> take care of yourself. >> i saw him over there in that wheelchair and i took another look at him and i said, look, man...

Then a couple of days ago -- >> there was indirect fire. i was hit by mortar. >> reporter: but still smiling. >> im good right now. they gave me some medicine. >> reporter: in the latest attack, dennis ordered junior troops under fire to run for safety. he couldnt get away in time. >> i didnt even get started running. i guess it knocked me out because i remember pushing myself up off the ground and had all this blood all over me. and then they medevacd me. >> reporter: dennis praises the doctors...

He had already been here before. he survived two roadside bomb attacks in the same day, and then a couple of days ago -- >> it is indirect fire. i was hit by a mortar. >> but still smiling. >> im doing good right now, they gave me medicine. >> in the latest attack, dennis ordered junior troops to run for safety. he couldnt get away in time. >> i didnt even get to start running. and i guess it knocked me out, because i remember pushing myself up off the ground, and had all this blood all over me....

I was hit by a mortar. >> reporter: but still smiling. >> im good right now. they gave me some medicine. >> reporter: in the latest attack, dennis ordered junior troops under fire to run for safety. he couldnt get away in time. >> i didnt even get to start running. and i guess it knocked me out because i remember pushing myself up off the ground and had all this blood all over me. and then they medivacced me. >> reporter: dennis praises the doctors and nurses? >> these people here are awesome. t...

And then they med evaced me. >> reporter: dennis praises the doctors and nurses. >> these people are awesome. i mean, they do their job. i respect these guys a lot. >> a last emotional hug from the trauma doc, captain joshua miller. >> i saw him over there in that wheelchair and i just took another look at him and said what are you doing here again? and sure enough, he had suffered enough explosion injury. >> the doors have just shut on then air medical evacuation flight here in bagram, afghanis...

Latest updates on this topic.

Latest updates on this topic.