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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 don't, we see frequently here but we don't 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 the professionalism and skill. >> sean: i just want to go through who is here. who needs a media car...

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 you've helped them a lot. tell us about that dreadful time for you. >> i don't take the dreadful part. i think everything we did that night as a team -- i don't 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 war zone. you have to prioritize the severity of the injuries and he went through that process? ...

>> sean: doctor, i know allll the law enforcement guys love you because you work with law enforcement and you've helped them a lot. tell us about that dreadful time for you. >> i don't take the dreadful part. i think everything we did that night as a team -- i don't 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 prioritize theve severity of the injuries and he went through that process? >> yes, part of mass casualt...

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 you've helped them a lot. tell us about that dreadful time for you. >> i don't take the dreadful part. i think everything we did that night as a team -- i don't 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 war zone. you have to prioritize the severity of the injuries and he went through that process? ...

That's 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 that's 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 giving us updates when you can and thank you to all of the hospital staff for everything they've do...