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Who has described the conditions, details that the boys are brought out on stretchers and have appear to be diving wet suits on and full face masks until they are brought to a field hospital up near the mouth of the cavern where doctors look them over and then they are rushed by ambulance and then military helicopter to the pro vince shal capital to a proper hospital. now the wet suit makes a lot of sense because they are having to spend hours being through flooded tunnels. and in those kind of conditions it s cold and you can suffer from hypothermia, not to mention the fact that the boys are dehydrated and they ve suffered from malnutrition after more than two weeks trapped in the caverns. it does make sense not only are they being equipped with these full face masks to help them breathe during those long periods of time submerged but also to keep their body and core ....
Mining zast evedisaster. the rescue workers and family and survivors, it lasts even eight years later, you still have evidence of post-traumatic stress. i will tell you and bobby would agree with me on this, when it comes to anxiety, there s a very profound short term implication as well when you re trying to do a rescue using scuba equipment, if there is anxiety or panic or something, that can turn into a life threatening situation. someone tries to remove their mask or behaves in a way that s dangerous cannot only put their life at risk but also the rescue diver s life at risk as well. there s a short term and long term component. but that long term component is there. some of the students have no idea the world has been gripped and watching what s happening here. of course. as they emerge, it s a very different sort of level of concern they may have. but again, eight of those boys at least safely out of the cave now at the hospital, four more to go tomorrow and the ....
Talked about, this was far from guaranteed a couple of days ago. this is miraculous progress here in northern thailand. matt rivers thank you for being there and for that reporting, we re hoping for the best for all eight of the boys being treated at the hospital. let s talk more about this. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is with me and a former dive team lead every and fbi special agent. thanks for being here. dr. sanjay gupta, let me begin with you, can you talk about we know physically what these boys have gone through, it s remarkable as ivan said, one of the professional divers died on this strettreacheroustretctreac. physically what is most taxing on their bodies. at the time they are triaged right at the cave entrance, the first time they are assessed by a doctor again, they are looking for the basic things, abc, air way, breathing circulation and any signs of trauma. critical things to assess to make a decision how quickly the ....
We can never walk it back. it would be the u.s. alone if we attempted to do that. because the other nations have gone a different direction. and in fact, we ve given up some things already, like the potential for this exercise, although we could regenerate that. but it s going to be very hard to walk back some of the things in this situation. some have said, this is the spinach, sort of, the dessert came first, right, saying things are going well, but this is the spinach. this is the real work that goes into it. thank you very much, general. we appreciate it. you re very welcome, poppy. it is a race against the clock and frankly the weather in thailand. rescue divers pull out four more boys from that flooded cave. they are now at the hospital being treated. we have the latest developments for you. ....
Can take long periods of time in deep water. it s remarkable. ivan, thank you for being there and for the reporting. now to the eight boys who have been safely rescued from the cave that are in the hospital, their current long term health also what has happened to them mentally through all of this is a major focus, matt rivers joins where where they are being treated. i know we are getting details on exactly what they are undergoing. what is that? yeah, that s exactly right. before i get to that poppy, i can tell you that within the last ten minutes we have seen two ambulances pass by right behind us here at our live location. that is the hospital where the boys are staying right over my shoulder there. we know that the boys were air lifted to an old airport south of our location here. they are taking that last stretch a bit in ambulance to that hospital. and inside that hospital, to your question, poppy, we know on the eighth floor of that hospital a ward has been turned ....