TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - In the early morning hours of Feb. 21, a 28-year-old gunshot victim is inside an ambulance enroute to University of California Davis Medical Center, the only level I trauma center in Sacramento, California. The patient, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation during transport, is fading quickly due to blood loss from multiple gunshot wounds.
After a quick evaluation in the emergency department upon arrival, doctors determined that the wounded man needed an operation immediately if he was going to survive.
