VFCA2017

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Civilian Wounding Patterns in Active Shooter Events (Room 2B)

24 Feb 17
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Tracks: Emergency Medical Services

Based on the extensive research and findings of the presenter, come and learn firsthand how to manage civilian wounding patterns in active shooter events. As the incidence and severity of civilian public mass shootings (CPMS) continue to rise, initiatives predicated on lessons learned from military wounds have placed strong emphasis on hemorrhage control, especially via the use of tourniquets, as a means to improve survival. The presenters hypothesize that both the overall wounding pattern and the specific fatal wounds in CPMS events are different than in military combat fatalities and thus may require a new management strategy. Since the overall fatal wounding patterns following CPMS are different than those resulting from combat operations; and given that no deaths were due to extremity hemorrhage; a treatment strategy that goes beyond the use of tourniquets is needed to rescue the few victims with potentially survivable injuries. Thus, directed medical interventions following CPMS require a different overall strategy and therapeutic emphasis in order to decrease the number of potentially preventable deaths. Come and see this dynamic presentation while earning EMS continuing education hours.