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Charles Chesnut, one of the general surgeons who assisted in the mass casualty treatment. \u201cEveryone worked together taking care of these patients to do some good in the face of evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The surgeons, assigned to the 99th Medical Group, responded to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada to help treat more than 100 patients with surgical procedures and end-of-life care, Chesnut said. The hospital is Nevada\u2019s only Level One trauma center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of the injuries were gunshots to the chest,\u201d Douglas R. Fraser, the hospital\u2019s chief of trauma surgery, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/as-the-wounded-kept-coming-hospitals-dealt-with-injuries-rarely-seen-in-the-us\/2017\/10\/03\/06210b86-a883-11e7-b3aa-c0e2e1d41e38_story.html?utm_term=.469a4b292fd8\">Washington Post<\/a>. \u201cMany did not require surgery but required chest tubes to the chest so they could breathe better. The other patients had surgery to remove holes to their bowels and intestines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wounds were so similar to those seen in war that the hospital reached out for assistance from the Air Force trauma surgeons, who were participating in a visiting-fellow program there, according to the Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe environment down there was controlled chaos, but the disaster response plan that the hospital had in place for a mass casualty worked,\u201d said Chesnut. \u201cAt no point did I feel like our capacity was overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At roughly 3 a.m., a second wave of patients were brought to UMC from smaller hospitals that lacked the capacity to treat the victims, according to the press release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDays like we experienced at UMC are the toughest ones, when you have multiple patients injured while multiple patients are continuing to come to the hospital,\u201d said Col. 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