The US averages more than one mass shooting every day – injuring, killing, and traumatizing thousands of people each year. A recent study landmark study assembled emergency physicians, prehospital providers, and surgeons who participated in the medical response to six of America’s largest mass shootings at a consensus conference. Clinicians from shootings in Las Vegas, Orlando, El Paso, Parkland, Sutherland Springs, and Dayton created an essential list of lessons learned and best practices that can help hospitals and communities prepare for the nightmare scenario of a mass shooting. This session features the lead authors of the study and accompanying prehospital commentary sharing essential lessons learned that can help audience members prepare themselves and their institutions to save more lives when faced with the horrors of a mass shooting.

Learning Objectives:
List key healthcare responses lessons learned from recent US mass shootings
Describe best practices in the prehospital and emergency department responses to mass shootings
Compare and contrast specific medical and logistical challenges in recent mass shootings.