(distant bombing and gunfire)
NURSE: I always assumed I'd be more
emotional about this sort of thing.
You have to try and stay detached.
People are never here for too long.
This is Private Ainsworth.
He was hit by a blast from
a shell about two days ago.
It took of most of his left leg.
I've been trying to keep it
as clean as possible but
it's difficult to be hygenic
(coughs and splutters)
NURSE: It's alright, love.
He's inhaled a lot of mustard gas
Poor chap didn't have
his gas mask on him.
I'm doing what I can.
He has terrible gangrene.
He'll be dead in a few days.
(distant air raid siren)
NURSE: Penecillin...
it's a godsend.
I don't know how they
went on without it.
We've saved so many lives
on D-Day because of this.
All those soldiers that
otherwise would have died.
He was caught by a land mine
explosion about two days ago.
Poor fella.
It's taken off most of his left foot.
We've kept the wound
clean and covered,
which is important to
ensure he doesn't get infection.
We're doing what we can
but he'll probably lose a leg.
All the top brass talk
about how battle tactics and
state-of-the-art weaponry
will win this war for us.
But what if the key to victory in Europe
is what's in this little jar?
If you just sit forward for us, love.
It's a bit cold.
You can't help but
feel some pressure
when treating our boys out here.
…and out...
Every fatality ends up
as front page news.
That's great.
Well he's feeling fine.
He'll probably be out of
here in a week or so.
He got hit by a roadside bomb
maybe two days ago.
It took off a lot of his left leg.
We had to amputate it.
It's a tough call to make
deciding if someone's gonna
lose a whole leg or not.
But we do what we thinks
best for the patient.
When he gets back
he'll have access to some
of the best prosthetic
care we have available.
We're very advanced now
It comes from dealing with
this sort of thing often.
There'll always be war
Whatever they'll throw at us
we'll learn how to deal with it.