{"pk":12540,"title":"Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned","subtitle":null,"abstract":"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.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Tree of Life, Mass Shooting"}],"section":"Disaster Medicine/ Emergency Medical Services","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4j57536g","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Adam","middle_name":"Z.","last_name":"Tobias","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Ronald","middle_name":"N.","last_name":"Roth","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Leonard","middle_name":"S.","last_name":"Weiss","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Keith","middle_name":"","last_name":"Murray","name_suffix":"","institution":"Allegheny Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Donald","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Yealy","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2019-02-21T18:35:29Z","date_accepted":"2019-02-21T18:35:29Z","date_published":"2020-02-21T19:51:55Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/12540/galley/6650/download/"}]}