Dr. Mark Perlmutter (Orthopedic Surgeon, North Carolina)
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This is like minutes into your initial tour of the hospital. You see two kids with gunshots to the head and then two more kids with gunshots to the head.
Froese works at a hospital near Stockton, California, which has higher rates of violent crime than most of the country.
Froese works at a hospital near Stockton, California, which has higher rates of violent crime than most of the country.
Froese works at a hospital near Stockton, California, which has higher rates of violent crime than most of the country.
I mean, it was a war zone, but still, this was a lot. And then he moved on. There were so many people that needed medical attention, the only way he could keep track of his patients was to make notes on his iPhone. Just to warn you here, the details are graphic.
I mean, it was a war zone, but still, this was a lot. And then he moved on. There were so many people that needed medical attention, the only way he could keep track of his patients was to make notes on his iPhone. Just to warn you here, the details are graphic.
I mean, it was a war zone, but still, this was a lot. And then he moved on. There were so many people that needed medical attention, the only way he could keep track of his patients was to make notes on his iPhone. Just to warn you here, the details are graphic.
He pulled up an entry from a random day just to give me a sense of what it was like.
He pulled up an entry from a random day just to give me a sense of what it was like.
He pulled up an entry from a random day just to give me a sense of what it was like.
90 minutes. It's intense. But in that endless stream of traumatic injuries, there's one that jumped out at him every time. Kids getting shot in the head. Whenever he saw this, he'd make a note of it on his phone.
90 minutes. It's intense. But in that endless stream of traumatic injuries, there's one that jumped out at him every time. Kids getting shot in the head. Whenever he saw this, he'd make a note of it on his phone.
90 minutes. It's intense. But in that endless stream of traumatic injuries, there's one that jumped out at him every time. Kids getting shot in the head. Whenever he saw this, he'd make a note of it on his phone.
At the same time that Froese was starting to document this, Mark, working with his patients, he was seeing the same thing. He vividly remembered the day he saw two kids brought in who had both been shot in the head and the chest.
At the same time that Froese was starting to document this, Mark, working with his patients, he was seeing the same thing. He vividly remembered the day he saw two kids brought in who had both been shot in the head and the chest.
At the same time that Froese was starting to document this, Mark, working with his patients, he was seeing the same thing. He vividly remembered the day he saw two kids brought in who had both been shot in the head and the chest.
What was the kid doing when this happened?
What was the kid doing when this happened?
What was the kid doing when this happened?
Was there a street battle happening?