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ONLY EXPECTED TO GROW A BIRMINGHAM DOCRTO IS TRAVENGLI BACK FROM UKRAINE AFTER HELPING TRAIN PHYSICIANS ON THE FRONT LINES IN THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY �������� 13’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH EXPLAINS THE CRITICAL AND LIFE-SAVING MISSION. EYTH ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN. TO TEAK CARE OF ANYDYBO WHO COMES IN THE HOSPITAL DR. JOHN HOLCOMB IS A TRAUMA SURGEON AT UAB IN BIRMINGHAM. HE SPOKE TO US FROM WARSAW POLAND ON FDAYRI AFTER SPENDING TIME IN NEIGHBORING UKRAINE, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN THE ARMYOR A F LONG TIME. I SPENT 23 YEARS IN THE ARMY RETIRED IN 2008 AS A COLONEL AND DEPLOYED QUITE A BIT DURING MY CAREER TO IRAANQ D OTHER PLACES. AS A AS A SURGEON AS A TRAUMA CE RTAIN DR. HOLCOMB WAS ASKED TO USE THAT VALUABLE EXPERIENCE TO HELP TRAIN DOCTORS, WHO EAR EATING WAR PATIENTS IN UKRAINE AN INVITIOATN. HE COULDN’T REFUSE UNFORTUNATELY, ALL WAR ZONES ARE THE SAME. THE MAJORITY OF INJURED ARE CIVILIANS. THE COMBAT CASUALTIES ARE THERE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THE WEAPONS ARE THE SAME EVERYBODY’S DESIRE TO DO GOOD AS THE SAME. A COMBAT WOUNDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN CIVILIAN WOUNDS. HE SSAY COMBAT CASUALTIES HAVE INCREASED IN UKRAINE OVER THE LAST MONTH ON TOP OF THAT THE UNCOTRY’S HEALTHARE C SYSTEM IS BEING TAKEN DOWN BY RUSSIAN FORCES A LOT OF THOSE CASUALTIES ARE HAVING TO MOVE WEST. OUT OF THE ETASND A SO THEY’RE ENDING UP IN HOSPITALS THAT ARE STILL FUNCTIONAL. SO BY TRAVELING FROM HERE IN BIRMINGHAM OVER TO UKRAINE DR. HOLCOMB CAN HOPEFULLY SHORTEN THE LEARNING CURVE FOR THOSE TREATING THOSE WITH SEVERE COMBAT WOUNDS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE OUTCOME FOR A NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DR. HOLCOMB IS STILL IN THE PROSSCEF O TRAVELING HOME TO BIRMINGHAM, BUT HE’S ALREADY THINKING ABOUT HIS NEXT TRIP TO UKRAINE. HE SAYS IT COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. MY WIFE HAS TO APPROVE THAT THOUGH. HURRY A SURGEON PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN THE TRAUMA CAREF O THOSE MOST IN N