City Doctor Is Helping Make a Real Difference to Saving Forces Lives ; While On Training in the Brecon Beacons in Wales with 6th Battalion the Rifles, Echo Reporter Bradley Gerrard Spoke at Length to Captain Edward Evans, Who Can More Often Be Found Working in the Accident and Emergency Department at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

Express & Echo (Exeter, UK) › September 20, 2009

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Summary

DEALING with injured service personnel is part and parcel of any military conflict. The training which takes place on the Territorial Army's two-week annual training camp in the Brecon Beacons includes drills involving casualties.

One of the biggest threats facing armed forces in Afghanistan is IEDs, or improvised explosive devices, which are aimed at injuring or killing soldiers.

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City Doctor Is Helping Make a Real Difference to Saving Forces Lives ; While On Training in the Brecon Beacons in Wales with 6th Battalion the Rifles, Echo Reporter Bradley Gerrard Spoke at Length to Captain Edward Evans, Who Can More Often Be Found Working in the Accident and Emergency Department at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

Captain Edward Evans, known as Ted, is a 31-year-old doctor who works in the Royal Devon & Exeter's accident and emergency unit.

The He...

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