Yesterday great EMS transported for the
victims from the shooting in Midtown.
Three of those were in critical condition,
one was in stable condition. As of today,
three of them are intensive care unit,
one of them is in stable condition
and one of our medical units,
two of the three in critical care
going back to the operating room
today for additional procedures.
The third patient is stable.
Hopefully we'll be able to
move out of the ICU today.
I have had the opportunity to speak to
either the family or the victims today.
The family is are incredibly, you know,
appreciative of the support they've received,
not only from the hospital,
from the community itself.
And the victims who were with whom I was
able to speak have expressed the same thing.
So as of right now,
you know, everybody is.
As stable as they can be given
the nature of their injuries.
The two
moving back to the OR
was that unexpected
complications that came
up? No, no, this is this is a unfortunately
a fairly routine thing after
these types of injuries.
You can't do everything during
the first operation. So going
back as a scheduled event. So
doctor, Doctor Johnson,
just to clarify the three and
intensive care is still listed in
critical condition, Is that correct?
You know, I haven't looked at what
they're listed that two of them
are definitely still critical.
One is stable and should be able
to move out of the ICU today.
How would you describe any of the
things, pardon,
how would you describe the wounds?
But you know, I'm a little reluctant
to get into the nature of the
wounds because of the, you know,
privacy of the families and the patients.
When they give us permission to talk
specifically about that, we'll do so.
But I'm a little hesitant to to get
into that because of their privacy
on the arrest warrant today,
it indicated that one of the
shooting victims was shot in the arm.
Is there any possibility that
that woman, that patient
could be released from the hospital soon?
She's still in the ICU? Yes.
You know, it's the impact of this on the
staff is something you can't imagine.
You know, unfortunately this day and age
seeing shooting victims is almost a daily
occurrence here and we have multiple
shooting victims come in every day.
But when they come in like this,
particularly because it happened
in the healthcare setting it,
it resonates more and it and it
creates angst as you would imagine.
So we provided support as best we can.
We've spoken with the staff and we have
support staff to help them through this.
Doctor Jansen,
can you get the clarification,
do you know if these
women who were shot, how many
or if any were actually employees
at north side of the town
and how many were patients
in the waiting area?
You know, I don't know,
I I haven't I didn't ask them or
their families if they were employees
versus of you know patients.
I know there were probably some
employees and some patients
but I don't know the next.
But the hospital was prepared
yesterday. You had enough
staff. Yeah, you know, we,
we drill for this frequently and you know,
sad commentary, the number of
injuries that we received yesterday
at one time is not an unusual event.
We initially thought we were
going to receive 12 patients.
So we had rooms open for 12
patients should they come and
we had those fully staffed.
Physicians, nurses,
ancillary staff,
they were all in standby waiting
for the patients to arrive.
So by the time the patients got here,
everything was in place.
The doctor, chancellor,
when you're in active shooting situation,
everything could change in a moment.
You could have many more patients
with John Moon. Yeah. And
there's always this,
this fog of uncertainty,
you know, during the event.
That's the reason we initially
were told we had 12 patients.
Fortunately, it was only four
and we're only grateful for that.
For the patients that you had been
able to speak with or the other
ones not awake that you were able
to speak with them, they're in
critical condition and can't speak.
So as the manhunt continue,
was the hospital on standby for any
other further victims into the evening,
yes, we're always in standby
unfortunately, yes. The
resources that are available for the
hospital staff, the resources
available for the hospital staff
here after the situation, yes.
We have psychologist that meet
with our staff. We have chaplains,
obviously, our social work staff.
So we have a number of people who
are able to meet with our staff.
You know, physically they
all have a ways to go.
I think psychologically and mentally
we have to also remember that the
impact on them and their families,
you know, you can't underestimate.
How traumatic this is And they
have a long way to go. Dr.
Jensen how many of the patients can,
are alert, conscious,
can talk to you out of the floor
shooting. I've spoken to two to two of
them and can you share any of that?
But they've said to you about this or
you know they they have been traumatized.
They are very grateful to support
and care they've received.
They realize that this is
a horrific event and.
The fact that they were in
a healthcare facility worse,
but they weren't going to be grateful.
Do you anticipate any further updates today?
I defer to Mike. Thank you, guys. Thank you.