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Rang and i came back. >> sean: all hands on deck. being the level one trauma center, you get the most difficult cases. the people that were more severely injured were all brought here. >> yes. the patients that came, these are injuries that we dont, we see frequently here but we dont see them at this volume. we have about 100 patients or so. >> 104 that night they came in. on top of our very busy trauma center that was already full that evening. the team did a great job. it really inspired on th...

Twice a year? >> about twice a year. >> sean: doctor, i know all the law enforcement guys love you because you work with law enforcement and youve helped them a lot. tell us about that dreadful time for you. >> i dont take the dreadful part. i think everything we did that night as a team -- i dont regret anything that we did. i think we saved every life that could have possibly be saved. there were over 200 people that were dropped off at our e.r. in less than an hour. >> sean: it sort of like a...

>> sean: doctor, i know allll the law enforcement guys love you because you work with law enforcement and youve helped them a lot. tell us about that dreadful time for you. >> i dont take the dreadful part. i think everything we did that night as a team -- i dont regret anything that we did. i think we saved every life that could have possibly been saved. there were over 200 people that were dropped off at our e.r. in less than an hour. >> sean: it is sort of like a war zone. you have to priorit...

Twice a year? >> about twice a year. >> sean: doctor, i know all the law enforcement guys love you because you work with law enforcement and youve helped them a lot. tell us about that dreadful time for you. >> i dont take the dreadful part. i think everything we did that night as a team -- i dont regret anything that we did. i think we saved every life that could have possibly be saved. there were over 200 people that were dropped off at our e.r. in less than an hour. >> sean: it sort of like a...

Thats the kind of injuries that we see that are likened to war time injuries. so even the air force trains side by side our umc trauma surgeons because thats the kind of care we provide. that triage is so important to make sure that patients are taken to the right level of care and that those who are the most critically injured, obviously, are treated first. and that triage process is so important, both out in the field and then here when patients come in. >> danita thank you for coming on and g...

Now we are counting this in hours terms. we are talking 7 and a half hours of rescue and recovery and they are still acting like this accident just happened. they still believe there are people in that wreckage to either help or recover right now. i heard you ask before the break what kind of injuries. well i talked to one doctor nearby who came in and volunteered. he said abdominal internal kind of injuries. one of the key people he treated was an amtrak conductor who was not working but riding...

The information were getting right now is 100 people injured with multiple fatalities. >> what are you hearing about the severity of these injuries? they could be looking at amputees in some cases? >> were still going through the triage process now. folks have done a wonderful job sorting through the patients, identifying those that are most seriously injured, need to be transported. or those that can be treated on scene. >> this triage center, can you give us a sense of how well theyre coping r...

>> yes. we actually handle ambulances -- in the county. to assist them with reports they have of multiple casualties as the sheriff indicated. the information were getting right now is 100 people injured with multiple fatalities. were sending all those resources down there in granbury. >> what are you hearing about the severity of these injuries? the sheriff was indicating they could be looking at amputees in some cases. >> were still going through the triage process now. the folks in granbury a...

These calls theyre getting are credible? how do they decide what leads to chase and how do they chase them? >> what theyll do is theyll start off by running the names of -- in all the databases that are available to the fbi and local law enforcement. so theyll start a triage process. from there, theyll try to get further identification. for example, dates of birth, addresses, things of that nature that will be more positive identifiers. they may try to support those with other kind of records. f...

Of -- in all the databases that are available to the fbi and local law enforcement. so theyll start a triage process. from there, theyll try to get further identification. for example, dates of birth, addresses, things of that nature that will be more positive identifiers. they may try to support those with other kind of records. for example, if they get an address, they may look at utility records to see if that matches up, vehicle records, phone records, all these things. its a multiple layere...