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 "The Lifeline - A Journey Through Trauma in Iraq"
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| Air Force Lt. Kirstin Carlson, center, and others
  work to turn over a wounded U.S. soldier after he sustained injuries on the
  battlefield.  The emergency room at the Air Force Combat Support Hospital in
  Balad, Iraq is a series of tents strung together but houses specialist
  doctors and high tech medical equipment comparable to the best hospitals in
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