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Dozens of people headed to metro emergency departments when firework explosions went wrong.Doctors, police and paramedics said several people lost fingers. Others suffered severe burns to their faces.At dusk Monday, the community will celebrate its last major fireworks show for the holiday weekend by lighting the skies at Field Club of Omaha Country Club. Emergency medical teams know many families also had celebrations in their own backyards, because unfortunately, some needed to be rushed to the ER for treatment of both major and minor injuries. We had a lot of patients that were transferred in from outside facilities that had traumatic injuries, Dr. Zach Bauman, trauma medical director at Nebraska Medicine, said.Late Sunday night, Bauman and his trauma team treated everyone from young kids to adults. He said they normally plan to have hand surgeons ready to help specifically for this holiday. We just have a strong conversation with them, Bauman said. Make sure they re ready

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