Dr. Thayer Ahmed (Palestinian-American Doctor, Chicago)
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Overnight, we had another mass casualty event. EMS told us a building with a large number of people in it was bombed. And then two children arrived dead. The one I saw was 12 months old and the other was reportedly two years old. Next bullet. I took care of a seven-year-old girl with a blast injury pneumothorax to the right lung and a bad contusion to the left lung. Next bullet.
Overnight, we had another mass casualty event. EMS told us a building with a large number of people in it was bombed. And then two children arrived dead. The one I saw was 12 months old and the other was reportedly two years old. Next bullet. I took care of a seven-year-old girl with a blast injury pneumothorax to the right lung and a bad contusion to the left lung. Next bullet.
Overnight, we had another mass casualty event. EMS told us a building with a large number of people in it was bombed. And then two children arrived dead. The one I saw was 12 months old and the other was reportedly two years old. Next bullet. I took care of a seven-year-old girl with a blast injury pneumothorax to the right lung and a bad contusion to the left lung. Next bullet.
I took care of a three-year-old child who had a massive aspiration after a head injury. Next bullet, I took care of a 20-year-old woman with a left hemonymer thorax and depressed open skull fracture. Next bullet, I took care of her sister. She had almost identical injuries. Next bullet, finally, I took care of a 25-year-old man with a frontal skull fracture and small associated subdural hematoma.
I took care of a three-year-old child who had a massive aspiration after a head injury. Next bullet, I took care of a 20-year-old woman with a left hemonymer thorax and depressed open skull fracture. Next bullet, I took care of her sister. She had almost identical injuries. Next bullet, finally, I took care of a 25-year-old man with a frontal skull fracture and small associated subdural hematoma.
I took care of a three-year-old child who had a massive aspiration after a head injury. Next bullet, I took care of a 20-year-old woman with a left hemonymer thorax and depressed open skull fracture. Next bullet, I took care of her sister. She had almost identical injuries. Next bullet, finally, I took care of a 25-year-old man with a frontal skull fracture and small associated subdural hematoma.
That's like an 18-hour day. No, that was, all of that probably happened in one hour. That's one hour? That probably took about an hour or an hour and a half, yeah.
That's like an 18-hour day. No, that was, all of that probably happened in one hour. That's one hour? That probably took about an hour or an hour and a half, yeah.
That's like an 18-hour day. No, that was, all of that probably happened in one hour. That's one hour? That probably took about an hour or an hour and a half, yeah.
And what I wrote down is that I was going through the ICU and I found an eight-year-old girl shot in the head overnight. Her pupils are fixed and dilated. It's a transcranial gunshot wound, definitely non-survivable. This is an eight-year-old girl with a bullet wound that went through her head. Yeah, the bullet didn't stop. And then, let's see, the next day.
And what I wrote down is that I was going through the ICU and I found an eight-year-old girl shot in the head overnight. Her pupils are fixed and dilated. It's a transcranial gunshot wound, definitely non-survivable. This is an eight-year-old girl with a bullet wound that went through her head. Yeah, the bullet didn't stop. And then, let's see, the next day.
And what I wrote down is that I was going through the ICU and I found an eight-year-old girl shot in the head overnight. Her pupils are fixed and dilated. It's a transcranial gunshot wound, definitely non-survivable. This is an eight-year-old girl with a bullet wound that went through her head. Yeah, the bullet didn't stop. And then, let's see, the next day.
So the next day, the eight-year-old girl had died and in the same bed is a 14-year-old boy shot in the right chest and the head. The next day, I said, I went through the ICU afterwards. The 14-year-old boy turns out to be 12 when his family arrived. So then, let's see, two days later, he's been replaced by a 13-year-old boy shot in the head. I wrote, he'll also die.
So the next day, the eight-year-old girl had died and in the same bed is a 14-year-old boy shot in the right chest and the head. The next day, I said, I went through the ICU afterwards. The 14-year-old boy turns out to be 12 when his family arrived. So then, let's see, two days later, he's been replaced by a 13-year-old boy shot in the head. I wrote, he'll also die.
So the next day, the eight-year-old girl had died and in the same bed is a 14-year-old boy shot in the right chest and the head. The next day, I said, I went through the ICU afterwards. The 14-year-old boy turns out to be 12 when his family arrived. So then, let's see, two days later, he's been replaced by a 13-year-old boy shot in the head. I wrote, he'll also die.
So then on that same day, I wrote, I took care of a two-year-old girl who was brought to the ED after being shot in the head. She arrived with bilateral fixed and dilated pupils, also a non-survivable brain injury. We then had a mass casualty event a few minutes later.
So then on that same day, I wrote, I took care of a two-year-old girl who was brought to the ED after being shot in the head. She arrived with bilateral fixed and dilated pupils, also a non-survivable brain injury. We then had a mass casualty event a few minutes later.
So then on that same day, I wrote, I took care of a two-year-old girl who was brought to the ED after being shot in the head. She arrived with bilateral fixed and dilated pupils, also a non-survivable brain injury. We then had a mass casualty event a few minutes later.
By the time I left, I'd seen 13 children shot in the head total. Or at least that's what I recorded in my journal. I probably saw more, but I try to stick to what I actually documented.