Doctors with military medical training played a vital role in treating U.S.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other patients in the aftermath of the shooting
incident in Tucson, Ariz. on Jan. 8. Check out a Pentagon Channel report
which describes the effectiveness of this background in addressing critical
wounded patients.

In the emergency room was Navy veteran, Dr. Peter Rhee, medical director of
University Medical Center's Trauma and Critical Care in Tucson, Ariz. who
earned his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Md.

Two other military trained doctors also consulted on the case. Dr. James
Ecklund, another alum of USUHS, serves as medical director of neurosciences
and neurosurgery, Inova Health System and chairman, Department of
Neurosciences, Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. In addition, Col. (Dr.)
Geoffrey Ling, interim chair of neurology, USUHS, participated in the
congresswoman's care.

Six people died and more than a dozen were wounded after a gunman fired into
a crowd standing in line to see the congresswoman.

Also read this related article on Defense.gov.