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Airmen from the 628th Medical Group practiced their suturing skills with help from two trauma surgeons from the Medical University of South Carolina on Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C., on Feb. 17, 2016. Suturing is a stitch or series of stitches done to secure the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. Using pig’s feet, they were able to approximate human tissue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Thomas T. Charlton)
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Airmen from the 628th Medical Group practiced their suturing skills with help from two trauma surgeons from the Medical University of South Carolina on Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C., on Feb. 17, 2016. Suturing is a stitch or series of stitches done to secure the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. Using pig’s feet, they were able to approximate human tissue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Thomas T. Charlton)


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