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Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, a man with anti-Semitic motivations entered Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three handguns, opening fire upon worshippers. Eventually 11 civilians died at the scene and eight peop...
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7081872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32191196 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2019.11.42809 |
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author | Tobias, Adam Z. Roth, Ronald N. Weiss, Leonard S. Murray, Keith Yealy, Donald M. |
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description | On Saturday, October 27, 2018, a man with anti-Semitic motivations entered Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three handguns, opening fire upon worshippers. Eventually 11 civilians died at the scene and eight people sustained non-fatal injuries, including five police officers. Each person injured but alive at the scene received care at one of three local level-one trauma centers. The injured had wounds often seen in war-settings, with the signature of high velocity weaponry. We describe the scene response, specific elements of our hospital plans, the overall out-of-hospital preparedness in Pittsburgh, and the lessons learned. |
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spelling | pubmed-70818722020-03-24 Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned Tobias, Adam Z. Roth, Ronald N. Weiss, Leonard S. Murray, Keith Yealy, Donald M. West J Emerg Med Disaster Medicine On Saturday, October 27, 2018, a man with anti-Semitic motivations entered Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three handguns, opening fire upon worshippers. Eventually 11 civilians died at the scene and eight people sustained non-fatal injuries, including five police officers. Each person injured but alive at the scene received care at one of three local level-one trauma centers. The injured had wounds often seen in war-settings, with the signature of high velocity weaponry. We describe the scene response, specific elements of our hospital plans, the overall out-of-hospital preparedness in Pittsburgh, and the lessons learned. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2020-03 2020-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7081872/ /pubmed/32191196 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2019.11.42809 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Tobias et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Disaster Medicine Tobias, Adam Z. Roth, Ronald N. Weiss, Leonard S. Murray, Keith Yealy, Donald M. Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned |
title | Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned |
title_full | Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned |
title_fullStr | Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned |
title_full_unstemmed | Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned |
title_short | Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned |
title_sort | tree of life synagogue shooting in pittsburgh: preparedness, prehospital care, and lessons learned |
topic | Disaster Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7081872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32191196 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2019.11.42809 |
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