LISA JAMES/ PressKootenai County EMS System Chief Christopher Way, center, discusses how Kootenai Health surgeons, staff, and Kootenai County first responders worked together to save a driver's life by amputating his leg while stuck in his truck after the multi-vehicle crash on Fourth of July Pass yesterday morning. From left to right: Nurse Carmen Sincerbeaux, Dr. Edward Detar, General surgeon, Eric Chun, Emergency physician and Kootnai County EMS Medical Director, Kootenai…
January 21, 2017
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COEUR d’ALENE — Dr. Edward DeTar and Dr. Marcus Torgenson have performed more than 1,200 leg amputations combined over the course of their careers. But, until Thursday, neither Kootenai Health surgeon had amputated a leg inside the cab of a semi-truck.