Minneapolis EMS Chief on Catholic School Shooting: Heroic Actions of Students and Teachers

EMS Response to School Shooting

• 🚑 EMS Chief Marty Scheerer stated that from an EMS perspective, the response to the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting went as well as could be expected, given extensive training.
• 😥 Despite training, the event was extremely difficult for the EMS team, many of whom have children themselves.

Heroic Actions During the Shooting

• 🌟 Students displayed remarkable bravery, with one child reportedly covering another and taking a shotgun blast to the back.
• 🛡️ Teachers were also heroic, protecting students, getting them to safety, and helping to keep them calm and together.
• 🤝 The teachers worked effectively with parents after evacuating the children to a safe area.

Law Enforcement and Medical Triage

• 🚨 Minneapolis Police are commended for their immediate and decisive action to enter the building and neutralize the shooter.
• 🏥 Police provided an estimated patient count, enabling EMS to notify hospitals and triage patients effectively.
• 🚑 Patients were transported to different hospitals based on their critical condition, with severe cases going to a level one trauma center.

Triage Process

• ⏱️ Triage in such situations is rapid, primarily assessing if a patient is conscious or not.
• 🔴 Conscious patients with upper body or head gunshot wounds were designated as immediate priority (red patients).
• 🟡 Other patients were triaged as yellow, with ambulances carrying a mix of red and yellow patients to hospitals.