Radio EMS to our trauma
center at the present time,
one is still in the operating r,
the other patient is coming out
of the operating operating room.
We have one patient who had
a procedure interventional
radiology which was completed.
They will have additional studis
done and one patient remains
stable in the trauma center.
Sure. Certainly have
certain types of injuries,
particularly vascular injuries.
Sometimes we're able to go to radiology
rather than the operating room o
repair that injury or take care of it.
So it's it's still an invasive procedure.
It's usually done under anesthe,
but it is in a different
area of the hospital,
not in the main operating room.
Sure. So we have four people
brought in by EMS. Of those,
one is still in the operating r,
probably the most seriously inj.
Another patient just got out ofe
operating room and is doing wel.
We had a third patient who had
a procedure in interventional
radiology and they will have toe
additional procedures to follow.
And then the final patient is
still in the trauma center.
Probably does not require
surgery in this doing well,
Well, I don't know how many tims
each one was shot really because
of patient confidentiality.
I don't want to get into
the nature of the wounds.
I think that would be a little unusual.
Well, two of them are particularly serious,
the ones that went to the operating room.
And the one of the interventionl
radiology was in critical condition too.
So all three of those
are very serious injuries.
If it is primarily an injury
to the blood vessels,
we're frequently able to take ce
of that and interventional radiy
as opposed to having to open the
patient up in an operating room.
Interventional radiology is whee
you go in through the blood ves.
Using special catheters and are able to take
care of the injury that way.
We talk about the flow of patie,
maybe not specifically to this ,
but the flow of patients coming
into the Ed and then moving
throughout the hospital to
OR's another right.
So in this particular case as Id
grade EMS brought all four patients here.
They arrived within 2030
minutes of each other.
We were already prepared in
the in the trauma center.
We had trauma surgeons,
nurses, all the staff.
Ready. So as soon as they
came into the trauma center,
they were put into a trauma room
and were treated immediately.
Two of those were taken immediay
up to the operating room.
We had the operating rooms open and ready,
so they went directly from the emergency
department to the operating roo.
The other one went from straight
from the emergency room to the
interventional radiology suite.
None of them were delayed by more than,
you know,
any time at all because we were
ready for them immediately.
It's
been going a number of hours. T,
I don't know, it's probably about 3 or 4
hours.
Yes, they were all,
they were all gunshot movements.
And you mentioned earlier this
afternoon that there were at
least two families here. Yes,
I'd have to. I haven't checked
back to the emergency department to see.
Hopefully they have arrived.
Yes.
The 4th is stable. Can
you talk about the next steps wh
these next few hours would likee
medical teams taking care of th.
So obviously we've got to finise
surgery on the one patient who's still
in the operating room, they wilo
to the surgery intensive care u.
The other patient who finished surgery
will go to the intensive care u.
The one who went to the interventional
radiology suite is in the
intensive care unit.
So all three of those have got.
Are either in the intensive care unit
or would be going there afterwas
because they are still critically ill.
They will be treated by the traa
surgeons who staff the criticale
units. And you said earlier that
you were totally prepared for t.
Did everything go smoothly frome
hospitals and things as far as responding,
it went incredibly smoothly andI
cannot be more proud of the performance
of all of the staff at Grady frm
the surgeons. We had EVs ready,
so we were had everyone there.
We had chaplains ready to deal h
the patients and their families.
So by the time they arrived,
we were fully staffed.
We had empty rooms waiting.
It was absolutely seamless.
I cannot be more proud of
the way Grady handled this.
Thank you
guys. That's it for now.
We'll keep you updated.