Hundreds Dead and Wounded: Best Healthcare Practices for Mass Shootings

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Location: 348/349

CE: 1

Co-Speaker(s)

Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS, FACEP

Professor and Chair
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine
Torrance, California
Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc, FAEMS, FACEP, NRP (he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Marrittsville, Maryland

Disclosure(s):

Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS, FACEP: Zoll Medical: Consulting fees or other remuneration (Ongoing)

Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc, FAEMS, FACEP, NRP: Stryker Emergency Care: Independent Contractor (Ongoing)

The US averages more than one mass shooting every day – injuring, killing, and traumatizing thousands of people each year. A recent study landmark study assembled emergency physicians, prehospital providers, and surgeons who participated in the medical response to six of America’s largest mass shootings at a consensus conference. Clinicians from shootings in Las Vegas, Orlando, El Paso, Parkland, Sutherland Springs, and Dayton created an essential list of lessons learned and best practices that can help hospitals and communities prepare for the nightmare scenario of a mass shooting. This session features the lead authors of the study and accompanying prehospital commentary sharing essential lessons learned that can help audience members prepare themselves and their institutions to save more lives when faced with the horrors of a mass shooting.

Learning Objectives:

List key healthcare responses lessons learned from recent US mass shootings
Describe best practices in the prehospital and emergency department responses to mass shootings
Compare and contrast specific medical and logistical challenges in recent mass shootings.