Libya fighting puts Misrata's nurses on hospital frontline – in pictures

A doctor and nurse in Misrata look at a head X-ray of a rebel as he is bandaged in the background
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

Nurses in the triage tent
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

Nurses examine an arm X-ray of a wounded rebel
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

A female doctor takes a break from an amputation operation on a rebel
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

A rebel learns of the death of a comrade at Hikma hospital, Misrata
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

A blood trail left by a wounded rebel fighter brought into Misrata hospital
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

Rebels' bodies are prepared for burial
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

People search lists of the dead and wounded posted outside Hikma hospital
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

Nurse Fazya Omar al-Parky at Hikma hospital
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

A teenager wounded in both legs still manages to give the rebel V for victory
Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian