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Flown from a distant location, Jim Matilla is rushed to the ER from the Harborview helipad.




Within an hour after his arrival, nurses clean Jim Matilla's wounds and cut away burned tissue to prevent infection.




Four-year old Heather Eaton's neck, chest and shoulders were burned when she was playing with matches.<br/>During one of her twice-daily cleanings, she struggles as nurses tend to her burns.



Bridging the generation gap in the burn unit, Gerald Oderkirk, 63, takes 8-month old<br/>Kenny Hutto for a ride. The two were next-door neighbors in the ICU.



Moving badly burned J.C. Gift from a chair back to bed requires careful planning and teamwork.



J.C. Gift, unable to talk because of a respirator tube in his throat,<br/>scrawls a message to his parents: "My chest hurts."



His mother gently strokes his foot, the only part of his body she could touch.



RN Jean Otto gives J. C. Gift medication through his feeding tube.



A tangle of lifelines help keep J.C. Gift alive.



Surgeons graft skin over the grievous burns of J.C. Gift.



During surgery, Gift lost 6 pints of blood, some of which accumulated on the operating room floor.


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