"Battlefield Medicine" moves from the trauma wards of Camp Bastion field hospital in Afghanistan, to cutting edge medical research labs, to reveal the innovations that are shaping medical treatment in the 21st century.
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Military medics outside Camp Bastion hospital receive a battlefield casualty, Afghanistan.
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Military medics outside Camp Bastion hospital receive a battlefield casualty.
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Presenter Michael Mosley in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) Chinook helicopter is in the background. Camp Bastion is the headquarters for coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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Surgeon Commander Dan Connor, Senior Consultant Anaesthetist at Camp Bastion hospital.
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Michael Mosley holds pig bladder at Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, North Carolina. Part of this is used as a biological scaffold to regenerate muscle.
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Plastic Surgeon Commander Rory Rikkard operating on a patient in Camp Bastion field hospital in Afghanistan with presenter Michael Mosley on the right.
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Presenter Michael Mosley with Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT). L to R: Flight Sergeant Sonia Darbyshire (Paramedic); Squadron Leader Charlie Thompson (Officer Commanding MERT); Presenter Michael Mosley; Sergeant Chris Bradshaw (Paramedic); Lieutenant Colonel Suzanne Brady (Doctor).
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Designer of bionic artificial limbs, Hugh Herr, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with presenter Michael Mosley.
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Designer of bionic artificial limbs, Hugh Herr, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Captain Bergan Flannigan at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, USA. She was injured in Afghanistan in February 2010 and is now undergoing rehabilitation.
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U.S. Marine, Corporal Chuck Donnelly with presenter Michael Mosley.
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Lance Bombadier Robert Long (left) was blinded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2010. He is now the first Brit on a trial of a new device called Brainport which could restore a sense of sight. Presenter Michael Mosley is on the right.
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Mitch Hunter who had a face transplant in April 2011 with presenter Michael Mosley.
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Presenter Michael Mosley with Dr. Bohden Pomahac, one of the world’s leading face transplant surgeons. He and his team have been funded by the U.S. military to carry out eight face transplants at the Brigham & Woman’s hospital, Boston.
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"No Weapons Beyond This Point" sign inside Camp Bastion hospital.
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The program meets the medical pioneers behind procedures that have seen the survival rate amongst injured servicemen and women rise to 90 percent.
Designed for the war zone, these developments are already making waves in emergency rooms, from spray-on skin cells to heal burns, to innovative surgical techniques like rebuilding damaged hands from scratch - using rib bones.
"Battlefield Medicine" also meets the innovators in medical research who are looking to revolutionize health care for both military and civilian patients with ground breaking developments: mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees and electrodes that allow totally blind casualties to 'see' again.
Offering a fascinating insight into the remarkable working lives of medical professionals in extraordinary circumstances, "Battlefield Medicine" looks at how today's warfare is helping to create tomorrow's treatments.
The program is hosted by Michael Mosley. You can follow @DrMichaelMosley on Twitter.
The full program is now available for online viewing through March 31, 2015.
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