1943 - Onboard a US Air Force plane, Flight nurse, Lt. Katye Swope checks on patients during the evacuation from Sicily to Africa for further treatment. Flight nurses were truly ahead of their time, operating under their own authority and outranking male surgical technicians. Prior to takeoff, a flight surgeon briefed the nurse on each patient's condition and during the flight, she was responsible for ensuring the patients' safety and comfort.
2022 - Paramedics Maria Danchyna and Olena Gerasymyuk from the "Hospitallers" battalion are providing medical assistance to wounded soldiers in a medical evacuation bus during the evacuation from the combat zone in eastern Ukraine.
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2022 - Paramedics Maria Danchyna and Olena Gerasymyuk from the "Hospitallers" battalion are providing medical assistance to wounded soldiers in a medical evacuation bus during the evacuation from the combat zone in eastern Ukraine.
🔴 Russia’s War in Ukraine, in Context
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