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Ep 50. Trauma surgeon's priority treating gunshot wounds
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Ep 50. Trauma surgeon's priority treating gunshot wounds

When a child is shot, the top priority is getting the child to a hospital as quickly as possible--ideally in the first 10 minutes--even if the school is on lockdown.

Guest: Sarabeth Spitzer, MD, MPH, SAFE Co-Founder, General Surgery Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Host: David Riedman, creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database.

Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic: SAFE’s mission is to ensure that all healthcare providers are equipped with skills and evidence-based knowledge to advise their patients, communities, and legislators on firearm use and ownership to prevent injuries and deaths.


David Riedman is the creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, Chief Data Officer at a global risk management firm, and a tenure-track professor. Listen to my weekly podcast—Back to School Shootings—or my recent interviews on Freakonomics Radio, New England Journal of Medicine, and my article on CNN about AI and school security.

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