Critical care in the air for wounded US troops

(27 Jul 2011) AP Television U.S. military aircraft - April 29, 2011 1. Wide of plane interior 2. Mid of Specialist Adam Castagna 3. Close of Specialist Adam Castagna’s face 4. Mid of Adam Castagna whispering to his brother Michael 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Castagna, brother of wounded soldier “When we first saw him, things didn’t look great. He was on life support, he had internal bleeding, and I’ll be honest with you, we weren’t sure if he was going to make it.“ 6. Mid of CCATT team treating Adam Castagna 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Col. Charles Chappuis, flight physician “Basically we’re taking or using a multi-purpose aircraft, a military aircraft, that can maybe one day be carrying cargo and the next day carrying a full load of injured patients. We’re, from the CCATT standpoint, converting it, or at least a small part of that aircraft, into a flying intensive care unit, with all of the equipment, the bells and whistles that you would expect to find in a civilian facility back in the United
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