Also known as: GSW to chest
Deaf teenage patient who sustained a gunshot wound to the chest at the PittFest mass shooting. Required emergency chest tube placement and surgery, with his mother Sylvia also injured in the same incident.
Also known as: Liver injury
Omar's mother sustained an occult liver laceration after being hit by a car while wheeling her injured son into the hospital. Initially missed as attention focused on her leg fractures, discovered via FAST exam when she became hypotensive.
Also known as: Broken leg bones
Closed fractures of both the tibia and fibula sustained when Sylvia was hit by a car. This injury served as a distracting injury that initially masked her more serious liver laceration.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Multiple mass-casualty patients presented with pneumothorax from trampling injuries and gunshot wounds, requiring emergency chest tube placement in the trauma bay.
Also known as: Shock from blood loss
Multiple gunshot wound victims presented in hemorrhagic shock requiring rapid blood transfusion, IO placement, and emergency surgery during the mass-casualty event.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to the neck
Gunshot wound to the neck with carotid injury causing expanding hematoma and distorted anatomy requiring emergency cricothyrotomy and balloon tamponade with a Foley catheter.
Also known as: Low blood sugar
Patient found unresponsive at the mass-casualty scene, initially concerning for traumatic brain injury but diagnosed as diabetic hypoglycemia after taking insulin without eating lunch. Responded immediately to D50 administration.
Also known as: Head laceration
Multiple patients presented with blunt head trauma from trampling injuries during the mass-casualty stampede, requiring neurological monitoring and assessment.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to head
Through-and-through gunshot wound to the head with strong pulse, allowing intracranial bleed decompression through bullet holes, sent to neurocritical ICU for management.
Also known as: Air under the skin
Patient with chest tube placement developed massive subcutaneous emphysema with air leaking under skin from chest injury, causing tamponade requiring blowhole incisions.
Also known as: Exposed intestines
Gunshot wound victim with eviscerated bowel requiring sterile dressing and emergency surgical intervention.
Also known as: Broken arm
Gunshot wound through both forearm bones without neurovascular compromise, requiring splinting and antibiotics.
Also known as: Head cut
Superficial scalp wound from grazing gunshot injury requiring hemostatic control with Raney Clips and pressure dressing.