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Dr. Mark Perlmutter (Orthopedic Surgeon, North Carolina)

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
147 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

Froese works at a hospital near Stockton, California, which has higher rates of violent crime than most of the country.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

Froese works at a hospital near Stockton, California, which has higher rates of violent crime than most of the country.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

Froese works at a hospital near Stockton, California, which has higher rates of violent crime than most of the country.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

He pulled up an entry from a random day just to give me a sense of what it was like.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

He pulled up an entry from a random day just to give me a sense of what it was like.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

He pulled up an entry from a random day just to give me a sense of what it was like.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

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.

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

What was the kid doing when this happened?

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

What was the kid doing when this happened?

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

What was the kid doing when this happened?

This American Life
859: Chaos Graph

Was there a street battle happening?