Nurse Donna Wood in her safety suit
<p>Senior Sister Donna Wood has been nursing for 29 years.
</p><p><br></p><p>She's one of the many medics from across Britain's National Health Service who are joining the UK's fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone.
</p><p><br></p><p>"I'd been following the stories on the news and I felt I had to do this straight away: I could use the skills I’ve got to make a difference and join a team to help bring the disease under control."
</p><p><br></p><p>The medics - who include GPs, nurses, clinicians, psychiatrists and consultants in emergency medicine - will work on testing, diagnosing and treating people who have contracted the deadly virus.
</p><p><br></p><p>"I'm feeling very prepared. We’ve had gold standard training – second to none. Now I just want to get out there and use my skills. You don’t think of it as being heroic. It’s just what we do."
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Find out more about the medics behind the mask in our special feature: bit.ly/medicsbehindthemask
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