Global News Portfolio: Casualties of War: Doctors of War: 01182013_Becherer_IraqMedical010

CT scan technician, Staff Sergeant Kelly Dewey, looks at the brain scan of Marlon Salcepalma through a CT scanner looking for internal bleeding after he received an RPG blast to the body at Balad Air Base, on October 30, 2005. Such modern technology so far forward on the battlefield is what helps keep the number of patients who die once they reach the hospital down to 4.2%, according to Colonel Elisha Powell.
October 30, 2005- Balad, Iraq

CT scan technician, Staff Sergeant Kelly Dewey, looks at the brain scan of Marlon Salcepalma through a CT scanner looking for internal bleeding after he received an RPG blast to the body at Balad Air Base, on October 30, 2005. Such modern technology so far forward on the battlefield is what helps keep the number of patients who die once they reach the hospital down to 4.2%, according to Colonel Elisha Powell.