United States School Shootings: Focusing on Response

This session is designed to help better prepare you to respond to incidents where school children and teachers have become victims of school gun violence. The increased frequency of school shootings has made planning, preparedness, quick response, and accurate assessment by EMS/fire essential. This session will focus on the response to school shootings when the police yell over the radio, “We need EMS.” Attendees will learn how EMS systems become overloaded with requests for service. It will better prepare responders to care for children that they know from the community, including their own. During this session we will break down the roles involved in managing a school shooting. We will review scene safety, how to manage the scene, including dealing with concerned parents and reunification. We will also explain how to respect the crime scene. We will review recent case studies and will include school shooting data for each state. Finally, we will explore BLS and ALS treatment for gun shot wounds.