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Reflection on a Mass Shooting
Author(s) -
Hargarten Stephen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/acem.12882
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , mass casualty , mass casualty incident , poison control , suicide prevention
The call comes in: Mass shooting in Oak Creek. Not sure about the number of victims, maybe 10-12. Trauma alert: first victim, multiple gunshot wounds; neck, back, arms. Quick assessment of the ABCs; The team intubates, resuscitates, transfer to the ICU. We are ready for the next victim. Next, we find out: - four dead at the scene; not sure if shooter is dead. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.