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“Facial injuries and eye injuries,” is the buzz through the corridors of the emergency department of Medisch Spectrum Twente in Enschede. I watch breathlessly as doctors, surgeons and nurses gather in trauma room 1 and prepare for the arrival of a seriously damaged patient. The room fills with adrenaline, the medics are ready. But am I actually that?