Taina
February 3rd, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila

Taina, a 12-year-old Haitian girl, screams in pain as Sgt. Jesse Hertzog and other medics from the 1-73rd, 82nd Airborne Division, pour a peroxide solution on her wounded arm at a one-doctor clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, Jan. 23. The medics were at the clinic on a "tailgate medicine" mission when Taina was brought in. The young girl had bandages on three of her limbs, and as the medics unwrapped each one, the wounds revealed were more and more severe, culminating in the largest on her left arm. The medics used the peroxide solution to moisten the bandages, which had dried up and adhered to Taina's wounds, and thought that her arm and left leg may have been broken. As they were losing light, all they could do was clean the wound, rewrap it, and ask the doctor at the clinic to get Taina to a hospital as soon as possible.
Tags: 1-73, 82nd Airborne Division, Army, earthquake, first aid, Haiti, humanitarian aid, medic, medical, Vemmer
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