Gun Shot Wound: A Trauma Surgeon's Grim Reality | ENDEVR Documentary

Gun Shot Wound: A Trauma Surgeon's Grim Reality | ENDEVR Documentary
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Gun Shot Wound takes a hard look at routine gun violence in America through the eyes of its trauma surgeons. The film examines the crisis through a public health lens and highlights hospital-based violence intervention programs designed to combat the epidemic.
Every day in the United States, an average of 318 people are shot-about 116,000 victims each year. Most aren’t involved in mass shootings; instead, they’re caught in the web of routine, almost invisible, gun violence. More than 35,000 of these victims will die from their wounds.
Dr. Amy Goldberg leads the team that treats more than 500 gunshot victims each year. In 2019, someone was shot every 6 1⁄2 hours in Philadelphia, where she works. We follow Dr. Goldberg on a busy Friday evening in the trauma center. In the space of 12 hours, she’ll treat three gunshot victims and perform emergency life-saving surgery on one of them. And since 80% of gunshot victims survive in Philadelphia, Gun Shot Wound gives an authentic look at the daunting process of rehab and often permanent disability. Meanwhile, Dr. Joseph Sakran shares his day-to-day experience treating gunshot victims in Baltimore and introduces viewers to Brandon Fisher. Brandon arrived at the trauma bay nearly dead with 13 bullet wounds and injuries in almost every cavity in his body. It took a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons and more than 15 surgeries for Brandon to recover.
Gun Shot Wound shows what really happens when someone gets shot and highlights how physicians and hospitals are not just treating patients, but going above and beyond to prevent gun violence.
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We follow Dr. Goldberg on a busy Friday evening in the trauma center. In the space of 12 hours, she’ll treat three gunshot victims and perform emergency life-saving surgery on one of them. And since 80% of gunshot victims survive in Philadelphia, Gun Shot Wound gives an authentic look at the daunting process of rehab and often permanent disability. Meanwhile, Dr. Joseph Sakran shares his day-to-day experience treating gunshot victims in Baltimore and introduces viewers to Brandon Fisher. Brandon arrived at the trauma bay nearly dead with 13 bullet wounds and injuries in almost every cavity in his body. It took a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons and more than 15 surgeries for Brandon to recover.

[@ThisisMindoMint]

Where is video with no blurr?

[@dovej3516]

This isn't a gun or bullet problem. This is a culture problem of the cities. Thanks to people thinking it was a good idea to create such violent video games and rap music to promote gun violence. It's not a disease it's a culture indoctrination.

[@sailboatrn7372]

Love Dr. Joseph Sakran!! He was a patient at the hospital I worked at!!

[@alysiacarpio2284]

Where is the president on this situation why is he not doing more?😢

[@goofyfoot2001]

Imagine if we could just get the guns out of the hands of the traditional Democrat party base; America would be the safest country on the planet.

[@takl23]

Wanna make an impact? Don’t blur the surgery. Show it all.

[@CEKfile]

They can’t bc KZbin will remove the vid

[@aforabe1197]

Also, this is likely done for patient privacy as well.

[@jac2o7]

@@CEKfileit won’t get removed, it’ll just get demonetized

[@4dyb34n]

Just say ur mentally deranged

[@Narrantem_YT]

HIPAA

[@jimmyssnowremoval1075]

I just wanna shout out all the housekeepers and all the other support staff that aren’t doctors or paramedics that have to also deal with this after what ever outcome. Cause if you’re dealing with that too it still causes unnecessary trauma and stress for the people that gotta clean it up. I remember a south metro fire video that did say in life if dispatcher and they said their not even considered first responders their considered receptionists. And they were involved in a study about PTSD.

[@sadepennbrook]

Finally someone was paying attention.

[@PEST1776]

Legit much respect

[@patricewhitiker2646]

Ty because what we see we definitely can't unsee traumatizing to say the least the blood the smell

[@jimmyreynolds4293]

Yes thank you God bless you

[@msshaffer5]

Thank you for this, because they always get left behind in the aftermath. First responders as well. Without them you don’t make it to the hospital. ❤

[@frankp8173]

These are the type of documentaries that should be forced to be watched in Schools, very impactful

[@crand20033]

That and DUI accident videos too.

[@nemochicky4697]

@@crand20033Absolutely. It’d show them how making bad choices can change other people’s lives

[@tawandataylor7271]

So So True

[@dylconnaway9976]

We teach about a beautiful African American culture and the value it brings to society. Showing them this would just confuse them.

[@crand20033]

@@nemochicky4697 And change your own life too.

[@nancybenson1951]

Excellent documentary. Thank you. When my mother was shot in 1966 it was by God’s grace she made it. The 38 caliber bullet tore through her like a “hot iron fire poker” she told me later-it passed through her lower abdomen, through her spleen, diaphragm, her lung and finally into her left shoulder. Fortunately in our small community a retired Army surgeon had just opened his practice. He and two other local doctors worked on my mother and saved her. After 10 hours she was in recovery. I was 16. I will always be thankful for the doctors that saved her. She died in 2007 at 96. And the bullet was still there lodged in her shoulder till she passed away. Thank you all nurses and doctors, technicians and counselors for your dedication and service. Bless the people that are taking their experience to the streets to educate and prevent this violence.

[@msdecemberloveangel8236]

And thank u for sharing your beautiful story ❤

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

Great comment

[@barbaravyse660]

So sad that the elderly woman died. She was supposed to be safe in her own house. So tragic.

[@raimeyewens7518]

It’s awful. Especially when it’s little kids at home and they get hit by a stray bullet. It’s sad when good people are at home or elsewhere minding their own business and some lowlife thug is outside shooting guns.

[@Debra-qt3gz]

Poor old lady wrong place wrong time minding own business now she's died Sad .I feel sorry for her Family Sweet Old Lady.

[@oranseay2559]

​@@Debra-qt3gzHow??? She was home!!! I am so sick and tired of these young people of MY culture thinking that guns are the answer! I just lost a friend/cousin to Gun Violence on 07/03/2023 and it was a shock to my system! I Google his name now and the 1st thing to come up is his pic on The National Gun Violence Registry! I have had an uncle and cousin who almost lost their lives to Gun Violence and I moved away from the area years before to escape it! The sad thing is, before it happened, when I was visiting home, I was shot at for having a $150k+ vehicle! I left immediately! I moved 400+ miles away so that my children didn't have to grow up in that environment. Where this doc was being filmed at, I lived that life in NJ, 25 miles from NYC! I was lucky enough to have a great mother and great grades. I stared college early and left 2 days after graduating from HS! I have been partying to NYC, Philly, B-More and all those places in my 20s, I am in my mid 40s and I have been done with that life! I am a family man, I sit home, I have raised my daughter and now raising my son! I am keeping him on a good ground! I studied politics and law in college and I try to give back and educate the youth on what can and will go wrong if they pull that trigger in the name of their so-called "gang-gang"! My son's older brother is now in prison for the rest of his natural life for that! Both of my children know, pull that trigger, I am done with you! Murder is where I draw the line(Rape & crimes against children)! So, they know where I stand! My family and friends know this aswell, don't call nor write me!

[@irresponsibleparent3]

@@Debra-qt3gzHow is cooking in your own home the wrong place and wrong time? When is the perpetrator ever going to be the one accountable? Why is it that the innocent who get harmed supposedly at fault, that if somehow they weren't innocently going about their day caused their trauma?

[@johnjohnson3709]

Round up worthless gang members and make them work in the ER

[@ellybean5868]

As a nurse, I can't even say how many people have come through our hospital doors with GSW's, and how many I have cared for, or had to clean up, remove all the tubes, for the family to come and see their loved one before being taken to the morgue. The most horrendous is when the victim is a small child, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time...when that wrong place is within the safety of their homes, or strapped in their car seat and hit by stray bullets.

[@heidigone]

😢😢

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Thank you for what you do. So sorry for the trauma this inflicts upon you and your colleagues.

[@robertryan952]

My wife was an ER nurse and moved up to the ICU. Bless you for all you do.

[@tax905972]

The communities are f'ed up

[@cassandrabrothers3181]

🙄 not one word of your comment is true

[@Nio-Neo]

I'm a paralyzed survivor of random shooting. Thank You to Harbor View Trauma Center Seattle and LifeFlight for giving myself & many others an opportunity to live . ☮

[@judygude]

As a Wound Care Specialist, I have helped with the aftermath/recovery of many GSW victims. This story of the teams that reach out to the community and reduce the violence is INSPIRING. Thank you ALL.

[@Grammichal]

Thank you for your essential & difficult work. 🙏

[@parentingautisticchild3235]

Thank you so much for what you do it was the Wound Car Center who cared for my sons wound after he left the hospital from being shot.

[@oldcop18]

As a Viet Nam combat vet, & retired 30 yr street cop, I saw more than my share of GSW. The ER docs & nurses do amazing work on these victims. I believe society has lost its moral compass & what used to be a fistfight now gets settled w/a gun.

[@toddwheeler1526]

Well stated sir. Thank you for your service to this country. May you have a peaceful life in retirement. It has become a crazy world with the basic lack of respect and the consequences that people don't consider with their conduct if they feel disrespected.

[@GypsyGirl317]

I live in New Zealand, and we are seeing slowly increasing numbers gunshot deaths and woundings of people here as the years go by. Usually gang related. There are also the odd hunting accidental shootings as well.

[@MooseBme]

Yes. If fistfights were always a "just, honorable, respectable, mutual, pugilist-combat... fistfights!" And whatever caused it, (if anything), all just ended right there and then and eeeeeverybodoy was better off for it and just walked away! Unfortunately, as I'm sure you well know... Some of us have more violent tendencies. Some folks carry grudges like luggage. And some folks "can't," "are not allowed" or "supposed to" defend themselves, or others. Like Daniel Penny. Best regards!

[@maxr.mamint8580]

Boys will learn how to be men from the men that are around them. Whether that's a good father at home, or criminal thugs on the street. Women can birth and raise children; but they cannot make a boy a man.

[@lwing77]

It makes me sick that they are glorified by our youth in America. And other countries follow

[@WrabrenBrawner47]

As someone who survived being shot, the aftermath is by far the worst experience.

[@OneshotMovement]

Where you get shot ?

[@WrabrenBrawner47]

@@OneshotMovement In my stomach.

[@pommiebears]

@@WrabrenBrawner47 thank goodness you’re alive. I can’t imagine how frightening that must have been. Your poor mother too. ❤

[@WrabrenBrawner47]

@@pommiebears Thank you for the concern 😃😃

[@cchaffincc]

5 gunshots here. Chest, abdomen and arm. Physically you heal, but the emotional aftermath is forever. Peace to you brother, it does get better ❤️‍🩹

[@jordanplathstone7373]

If there was ever anyone whom deserves recognition for this insanely difficult issue, these doctors are absolute heroes!!!

[@DailyTv22]

I can’t believe I survived being shot 14 times and was able to pull through. Seeing this gives me an insight of what was happening before I arrived at the hospital.

[@ENDEVRDocs]

Hard to find the appropriate words except congratulations to your new life. Wow.

[@DailyTv22]

@@ENDEVRDocs thank you very much. Had to spend over 11 months in the hospital and my stay was quite uncomfortable but I did get used to it after a while. I’ve been out for a little bit more than a year but I’m now in so much debt it’s crazy to think about.

[@Ruth78620]

Why were you shot 14 times?

[@callanmurphy9807]

​@DailyTv22 you're the whole dollar then if 50 cent got hit 9 times and you got hit 14. But on a more serious note, glad you're ok 👍

[@DailyTv22]

@@callanmurphy9807 thank you. I’m also grateful to still be here.

[@natt73]

"when wife loses a husband, she's a widow; when a child loses a parent, an orphan.. but when a mother loses a child, there's no name for that..." that got me.

[@tparker4458]

Same. It’s tragic. As a gun shot survivor myself I’m thankful my father didn’t have to bury me.

[@lupitamartinez8709]

​@@tparker4458you r very lucky ,my 18 year old wasn't 💔😭plz take care🫂

[@koriw1701]

That sentiment breaks my heart every time.

[@jennebeattie3168]

I have lost a 14 year old son. Thankfully not a violent death. Living, having lost a child... INDESCRIBABLY PAINFUL. Physically and emotionally.

[@jennebeattie3168]

I call myself "bereaved parent". NOT a title I ever imagined. 😭

[@nicksmolich957]

As a former cop Ive seen ER docs and nurses do their thing on many occasions. These men and women are true heroes

[@alainmedgyjean-jacques]

Thanks 🙏

[@robertsteinbach7325]

And none of them get paid enough to do this work. I know many that have quit due to PTSD. Everyone has their limits.

[@AlexWatson-ii7ol]

Thanks for your service sir 🙏

[@Tyrfingr]

Indeed, the most important citizens that we have.

[@crand20033]

Can you imagine them saving some thugs life just so he can spend the rest of his life in prison?

[@archaewulf1111]

My older brother didn't survive his gunshot wounds, but it's always interesting to see what they do to try to save people's lives and how much resources they pour to save these gun shot survivors.

[@christianewinspeare8740]

My second youngest brother is a Doctor and worked in hospitals! It's mentally and physically a tough environment, lack of sleep, patient care, medical complications, trauma care! Those who are on the frontline, first responders, trauma nurses and Surgeons, the cleaning staff, you are all doing such an incredible and amazing job! You are such amazing and fantastic professionals, never let anybody take that away from you! What you dealing with night and day is your vocation! I am so glad you are also working with the communities in different cities to get the number of gunshot crimes reduced! I am so glad that i watched this documentary and I see the love you have for people and children to be safe, restored or can lead a meaningful life after injury! Bless you all for the amazing work you are doing! I have a couple of friends in the US and i will share this documentary with them to share to their communities! Keep going don't give up 👍👏👍🫂💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏

[@Mtz2604]

Your words are so we'll put, I 100% agree with you, may God bless them for everything they do.

[@thebelissima64]

My nephew is in his third year of med school in the US and he is going through his rotations right now. He told me the ER one is the toughest, he saw quite a few people who had been shot.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

This is incredible. The medical science is amazing, but what is even more amazing to me is the willpower of these trauma surgeons and hospital workers. Literal damn heroes.

[@isaachoward89]

Yes it is

[@pmccoy8924]

They're calm and collected but stern. So much poise in the midst of a storm. Takes special people.

[@peterbalac1915]

The word hero gets thrown about way to easily these days , but I whole heartedly agree these guys are HEROES ❤

[@zoilarobledo8135]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@rickashford4005]

This country has a cultural problem. These gang bangers have no value on life... not even their own. Jungle mentality on parade for the whole world to see.

[@boomersD9CAT]

My brother worked as an ER Doctor in Newark New Jersey in the late 1980’s through 1993. He told me that the evenings in the ER were like working in a war zone…From Drs. and Nurses to first responders, it has to take a toll on a person after a certain amount of time or you just become numb to this.

[@nanascreations2522]

I’m from Paterson NJ and I currently work at Newark Beth Israel in Newark NJ BUT as a dialysis tech for Davita

[@AnitaBetterScreenname]

It takes a huge toll on your mental health. You try to deal as best as you can. Even the system we work in looks down on showing your weakness.

[@boomersD9CAT]

@@nanascreations2522 Thank you for responding. My late Father was on dialysis for 3 years prior to his passing. Medical professionals like yourself kept my Father alive for those 3 years, and I will always be grateful for that…❤️🙏🏻✝️

[@boomersD9CAT]

@@AnitaBetterScreenname I can only imagine…there are things you see , and hear from patients, that you can’t get out of your mind. I’ve watched true crime documentaries, and shows about disasters,accidents ect…they can hit you pretty hard. Treating a victim of a gunshot or a bad accidental up close and personal has to take a toll on a person. If you internalize everything,then eventually it wears you down. I’m just speculating, and offering my perspective.

[@mzj7246]

Even ER EVS workers can be traumatized also . It’s a lot when u have to clean up the aftermath. Cleaning up things like big puddles of blood, brain matter, and sometimes the contents of the stomach. It’s definitely not a job for the weak.

[@cozettalandry3429]

As a nurse who has taken care of a 3 yr old who suffered a gunshot to his head from an unsecured gun I’m appalled. I was tearful watching this

[@Justin.Martyr]

*BAD Things OnLy HaPPen to Those who have ReJected the Lord Jesus!!!* *Just Look at Me!!! I Know Jesus & I am Doing just Fine!!!!*

[@disscustinglybeautiful1652]

It's time to show these videos in high schools. Gun violence awareness is the path to understanding every human life matters.

[@massiahofLA]

This comment needs to be pinned!!!!! 💯

[@denisegilliard]

As a retired nurse that once did adult and pediatric trauma it is an experience you never forget.

[@sandyhossman7771]

Agree, I worked in adult trauma and critical care for 36 yrs.

[@MiracleFound]

Amen!

[@MargieRose777]

When the doctor said …………..but when a mother loses a child there’s no name for that, it hit my heart hard. So so sad

[@gerryxanthopoulou1279]

A mother never stops being a mother,even if the child/children are no longer on this earth.A very sad situation that does not have a name.😢

[@kasey9067]

It did for me as well.

[@gerryxanthopoulou1279]

It is very sad,one of the worst things that can happen to a parent.When are you not a parent?when you don't have a child,they say.But if you have given birth or fathered(or raised) a child you are a parent and then that child dies,you are not a parent because you don't have a child,but you are a parent because you had a child,it's like a limbo,what are you?

[@thereistruth7437]

Having been a nurse for a very long time, I love how they introduce themselves and their title. Sending prayers to everyone involved in the healthcare industry

[@pumkinpie8730]

Much love and respect to EVERY doctor and EVERY nurse. You all are wanted/needed and appreciated

[@katherinekirkhope9399]

Thank you, this was excellent. Canadian retired nurse here, I cared for one GSW in my entire career. I accompanied him to closest trauma center and I can still remember his terrified eyes as we made our way. All he wanted was to see his wife, but we didn’t have time for that. He died in surgery never seeing her. I actually met his wife about a year later, she came to hospital in deep depression from the trauma. I told her what he had said and like to think this helped her.

[@barbaravyse660]

How sad. I hope she found the strength to move on.

[@pommiebears]

That breaks my heart. I have never seen my husband really afraid, but I know he would want to see me. And, if I wasn’t there…. I don’t know what I’d do.

[@WeedsAvabel]

This is ver sad. I like to think that i will do the same, to look for my girlfriend at that moment

[@katherinekirkhope9399]

Thanks for your comments. The main point of my post was that I had one GSW in 36 years, and I worked in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa.

[@ellybean5868]

Wow, i am a RN, and I can't even count how many GSW's that have come through our doors. What is truly the worst, is when the victim is a small child who is in the wrong place at the wrong time...esp when that wrong place is within the "safety" of their own home

[@anitablunt8652]

“This country has an illness”. The good doctor is correct!! The sickness is in the heart of the people 😢 No weapon acts on its own volition. Some person has to pick it up and put an action behind it.

[@j.erickson8571]

True. Everyone only blames the guns, but that's only part of the problem. What makes a human being use a weapon against his fellow men for no reason. There is a gang culture: music, clothes, lifestyle. The other one is criminality. Most of these guys are unemployed and hooked into the drug business. They need to defend themselves from other thugs, so that's why they need a gun.

[@tomcat8983]

Amen! Thank you for your comment!

[@treydaypnw]

The only illness this country has is the greedy corrupt politicians and the sorry President we have in office right now.

[@diss-abledgamer5370]

That illness is called gang/drug violence. The violence between those 2 cause make up for more than half the violent crimes. They need to bring back 3 strike system for most of the drug charges, especially intent to distribute and maybe even death penalty since they selling things that potentially be OD'ing people.

[@chillinhippification]

People keep dying because of folks like you and their fragile identity.

[@carinwiseman4309]

It is amazing to me how good our trauma care is, and how abysmally bad our basic care is.

[@EWDDG]

My cousin was a surgeon in the Army. He received his training on how to treat gunshot wounds by working in the ER in Los Angles.

[@surgem6089]

My older brother got shot in the abdomen back in 2016 at our Halloween party trying to break up a fight he was 33 at the time. . The shooter shot 8 times only hitting my brother once and luckily no one else. . I was right next to him and saw it all..After everyone fled frantically my brother was in shock holding his wound walking around. I immediately laid my brother down and made a pillow for him with my costume and held his wound with the rest of my costume and yelled for someone to call the ambulance. I didn’t want to rush him to the hospital in the car because I didn’t want to move him and risk the possibility of having him bleed out in the car so I had to make that decision and thankfully I made the right one . The doctor had told me the bullet was a hair away from tearing his artery and I did a right move by laying him down and holding his wound till help arrived . It was so devastating hearing my bro say he’s dying and losing consciousness while everyone was panicking including our parents. . I felt like he took a bullet for me . Seeing my older brother battle for his life for 5 months going through 14 + surgeries and being put into a induced coma to fight off infection and everything else was so frustrating and devastating because it was all meaningless! , over someone’s ego . A POS who wasn’t even invited to our party and who was scared to fight !and to top it off only served 7 years Is so frustrating! Because I have to live with the fact that I threw this Halloween party and my brother took a bullet for me and to see what meaningless bullet did to him and the scarring it left him , the reminder just hurts me ! .. I give it to these first responders, surgeons etc who help save lives over meaningless acts from cowards. Thank you and thank you for saving my brothers life 🙏🏽. Put the guns down !

[@thezachxfamily9084]

I was shot in 2008. Wrong place wrong time. Literally shot at because supposedly the guys in that area had problems with some other guys and went looking for them. I happened to be in the area and because they couldn’t find them they wanted to send a “message” and shot everyone they saw. I was one. My ribs collapsed. And it tore through me. I survived but it’s a story I’m alive to tell. A terrifying one. I still get pains just from that day because whatever organs it tore through seems to have permanent damage. It contracts I assume and it balls up and it hurts so bad

[@debbiemanzonie1323]

FATHER GOD IN JESUS NAME RESTORE HEAL MAKE COMPLETELY WHOLE AGAIN IN JESUS NAME AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@frenchustube]

So sorry ! Hope you get better❤

[@danielr.6905]

@@debbiemanzonie1323It’s rare for me to find a wholesome comment or reply on KZbin. Thank you for that ❤ God bless you

[@r.l.7319]

As a med student in Europe we literally learned in the last surgery class that gun shut wounds are "something extremely rare" our head surgen himself only operated on them a few times thoughout his entire career. In foresic medicine they deal with them every now and then, but mostly when hunters commit suicide in our rural areas. I am glad this topic will not be important in my career. I

[@zanzah_]

American culture is so gross.

[@mdmarko]

Guess what...in most places in the USA gunshot wounds are pretty scarce. The problem is in certain large cities.

[@captainhowdy-13]

The US is a 💩 hole because of the gun fanatics. We have a Supreme Court that upholds the right to own a device that can make a firearm into a machine gun. I used to think it I was lucky to be raised here. I look at it as a curse now.

[@chrisbassett8996]

to the man who said 'I don't know why I am crying right now', I am so glad you can.

[@Emma-um4cr]

That lovely lady who got shot and saying how it changed her life and being single mum made me cry . And you can’t just assume that everyone that gets shot is bad because that’s the life they lead , and that doesn’t matter anyway as we are all human beings

[@obi-wankenobi1750]

It DOES matter

[@laurastuart3814]

Bring back morality, too many single mums.

[@wioi]

​@@laurastuart3814you do get that it was her HUSBAND who shot her and THAT'S literally the reason why she's a single mother now, do you??? You're damn ignorant! Keep your ignorant comments to yourself

[@DalHarpJr]

@@laurastuart3814 For the love of money, some "single" moms are single by choice!

[@iam_8755]

Thank you for this video. I have been shot 7 times including a headshot. And I try to speak to the youth on a daily basis. This is really eye opening. Let’s save the youth.

[@dustjunky2000]

People been 'speaking to the youth' and holding 'stop the violence' rallies since the 80s. It's not working

[@andreamason50]

My son is 22. He suffered a GSW to the face/head and survived as well. He was 19 years old. I've been caring for him for 3 years. I owe those trauma surgeons everything.

[@kasey9067]

You're like the young man in the video, taking a tragedy and turning it into something positive. Bless you for your efforts. ❤️🙏

[@kasey9067]

​@@andreamason50I wish you and your son all the best. ❤️

[@1cont]

Keep them away from gangs.

[@Amazing.Aries_416___]

As someone who lost close friends to gun violence and I’m also caring for my spouse who is gun shot survivor this documentary is amazing and much appreciated I’m grateful for doctors nurses surgeons and trauma teams compassion skill and expertise such as the ones in this video!❤

[@lisaschneider9151]

this is so mind-boggling to me… i’m 23 and have grown up and lived my whole life in Germany and i’ve never come across anybody who has ever been shot or even knows anybody else… it’s pretty normal to not even hear one single gun shot in your life time (apart from hunting in the countryside)

[@larapalma3744]

Same Australia

[@dalkhal]

@@rileylabskiyou’re talking about it Biden cheats again you’ll leave?

[@j.settle6448]

Gotcha, a little sanctimony coming from a citizen of a country that started two world wars and killed millions of non-military people/kids! Got it!

[@forensicwow1639]

I live in America, and I'm 26. I've only met someone who has been shot, and thats by the police. Other than that, the only time I hear gunshots is at the range.

[@KayleeG0]

Wow that must be amazing

[@HCproductionsss]

It’s insane how a small piece of metal can take a life

[@barbaravyse660]

Well it’s because it explodes on impact.

[@surbon514]

And the bullet/shrapnel can bounce around the body and you can never be certain where it exited the body until at the hospital@@barbaravyse660

[@koleyo9072]

​@@barbaravyse660 Regular bullets don't explode

[@cchaffincc]

Including a knife.

[@mac11daddy6]

It’s a hot piece of lead core traveling over 835ft per second genius. Knife wounds are worse

[@frankmireles3703]

I was shot in the 90s in watts I give credit to the trauma team. They saved my life ❤

[@Susan-nm3sx]

RIP SADIE, imagine getting to 91 and dying that way, no wonder Dr Goldberg cried, it must have been devastating. Being in the U.K., this is shocking to watch, and I’m humbled by these wonderful men and women. What’s more shocking is the sheer number of fatalities? It’s a sad indictment of our society as a whole, that we cannot communicate, violence is like a horrible deadly reflex these days, that really doesn’t actually solve anything? Heartbreaking and awe inspiring at the same time. 😢💔

[@jagged6373]

I could not do these jobs at any level. From the police fire or EMT responding to the ambo driver to the nurses doctors and other hospital staff to the people who clean the ER rooms. Respect to each and every one of you

[@petermccuskey1832]

As a retired Law Enforcment Firearms Instructor for over 30 yrs. my hat is off to Dr. Goldberg.

[@kasey9067]

I found Dr. Goldberg truly amazing.

[@Heidi_K_Girl_444]

This Doctor's Empathy is Beautiful. God Bless all the Doctors and Nurses are first responders.

[@ThisGirlWalksByFaith]

This was a great documentary! I worked in rehab for five years and managed the wheelchair clinic. The stories I’ve heard were indeed heartbreaking, I thoroughly enjoyed working with that patient population because it opened my eyes to a plethora of things. I met a lot of good people in that wheelchair clinic.

[@truecrimeraw4545]

All of these victims have something in common.

[@suzannek4583]

This was a very well made documentary. Thank you for bringing a different perspective to this issue.

[@thefangirllife2162]

Love this documentary so much -- this is the reality of not only trauma but the horror of GSWs. I, myself, work in pediatrics and nothing is more heartbreaking than getting a trauma call and running over to the trauma bay for a child and very few things are as harrowing as that trauma being a GSW in a young child. Those first encounters are what decide if that patient makes it to a potential future or has their life unreasonably cut short. Thank you for showing everyone who doesn't see it day in and day out.

[@omarmirzaagha8486]

Could you please tell me the summary of it ?

[@goaskmymom1350]

In my mind ALL of you health care people are "angels", a gift to humanity from God. You have my FULL admiration! Much love to you all! ❤️🙏🙏

[@karenbernard329]

Thank you to all the trauma staff and everyone else behind the scenes. May God protect you 🙏

[@thearts31]

I worked many years in the prison system. Now I work for the courts. I have also worked in the industry selling firearms. My boyfriend was shot several times and has to live with the damage every day. As a owner of firearms I will say it is very conflicting because the responsible ones understand how they can absolutely save your life and protect your family. On the other hand you see the damage they can cause in the wrong hands. Education and gun safety just doesn't seem like enough. We need better laws and a way to fix the systemic issues that are creating the violent environments to begin with. Poverty, gangs, drugs, untreated mental illness, unemployable adults, a lack of resources, domestic violence.......it's so much deeper than just guns. It's what's driving people to use them in the wrong ways.

[@CHSpaintballer2]

Agreed. The issue doesn't stop at the gun, it goes so much deeper than that into the psyche of the hurt person pulling the trigger. Nobody wakes up one day and decides to kill someone else for literally no reason.

[@lpotts75]

You couldn't have explained that any better.👍🏾

[@geneeldridge6200]

And it as well is this government that's divided Americans that don't agree with there views remember when as Americans we could disagree and was still united in our country now this so called government of ours have made sure we don't Remember those days ,what I'm trying to say is our own government plays a big part in this problem with violence, they pit us against each other ever day to achieve their goals

[@wioi]

​@@geneeldridge6200I don't believe that the government is much at fault with black young men shooting black young men..

[@blancavargas2062]

Thank you doctors and nurses for caring for us ❤

[@Sirphil-dj9dh]

I say hats off to all paramedics, doctors and nurses. They face scenes on a daily basis that I cannot imagine. If I was paralyzed from the neck down I am not sure I would want to remain living. Keep it safe y'all.

[@allisonjames2923]

“1 in 7 gunshot victims in Philadelphia are paralysed” 😳😳😳 That’s absolutely nuts

[@kates6371]

So sad 😞 Philadelphia area has the best physical rehabilitation but such gun violence

[@LonelyTrucker]

I live in Ghana West Africa with the hope of travelling to the US for a much better life but the rate of gun violence in the US always scares me. God Bless these Doctors.

[@TinCupChalice40]

Just buy a gun. You’ll be ok

[@xalleem8117]

Don't let the media scare you...there isn't gun violence everywhere just like there aren't mansions and money everywhere..America is a country of extremes 👍🏾🇺🇸

[@alexannaz]

​@@TinCupChalice40 I'm a 2nd Amendment supporter but you know people with guns get shot too. Even military personnel and police.

[@tracynorris5012]

The vast majority of gun violence happens in big cities. You could live and work in smaller cities where gun violence rarely, or never happens. Athens Georgia is nice. Good luck to you.

[@browneyes2100]

Don't listen to hip hop & stay away from ghetto African Americans & you'll be fine. African immigrants are very hard working family oriented people.

[@luiscrespo9902]

We are so fortunate to have professionals like those depicted in this documentary. May God bless each and every one of you!

[@Pink_143_6]

Kudos to the housekeeping staff of ERs for it is they who clean up the bloody aftermaths of people coming into ERs shot and bleeding out. As a nurse, we work as a team from the greeters/volunteers , nurses, doctors, social workers, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, OT therapists, speech therapists, nursing aides, housekeepers, kitchen assistants and so many more hospital employees that work behind the scenes. 👏🏼🙏🏼❤️

[@psefti]

When you lose your parents, part of your past is gone, when you lose a child part of your future is gone, when you lose your sibling you lose both part of your past and your future, death really leaves an empty space.

[@themightymutt5213]

Great video! My heart breaks for the mother and grandmother. No parent should have to bury their child. And also, how messed up do you have to be in the head to justify firing a shotgun at an 8 year old?? Over firecrackers no less!

[@ShellbackUSN]

This is so sad. The problem is way deeper than the weapon itself.

[@Jen195152]

Indeed!!!!

[@ShellbackUSN]

@@robertramberg8219 yep. Lock and load

[@Thomas_Jefferson_420]

​@@robertramberg8219100%

[@mac11daddy6]

And Cops as well. A lot of people think carrying a firearm gives them a higher authority and power trip ego when in reality they’re just scared little puppies. I’m very pro gun but people are unpredictable

[@wades623]

​@@mac11daddy6the reason I started carrying again was because people started pushing their power trip egos on me. People that claim they are pro gun but then say that anyone that has one is scared isn't really supporting the reasons to have one

[@nursevibe]

I worked with Heidi (first primary nurse) in a city hospital years ago, she's a rock star!

[@mattym8]

Amazing how many comments are from people who have survived being shot! Only in the USA. My condolences. I deeply respect these healthcare workers. I hope they get all the mental health support they need. I couldn’t do what they do and not just because I don’t have the training. I don’t have the fortitude.

[@mtnride4930]

I was a medic in the FD and an air medic for a few years, retired from FD now, busy city and busy air ship I went to more shootings than I can count add that to the other calls I had run and it stays with you for life. The trauma doc and staff I worked with were some of the best.

[@lorenrobertson8039]

Thank you for your service. I carry the memories of all my patients with me now that I am retired d/t becoming disabled.

[@mtnride4930]

@@lorenrobertson8039 Thank you and take care.

[@mamarobyn]

The Dr that got shot is a real angel. He just seems like a good soul.

[@Aneesa15Hahn]

I HONESTLY ADMIRE HOW YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER, your passion is felt all the way in SOUTH AFRICA!!!! I wish we could have this one day 🙌

[@valkry007]

Remove gangs and drugs from the equation and 85% of of this goes away.

[@kulled]

how would we go about doing that?

[@vladimus9749]

End the war on drugs and the gang problem goes away overnight

[@alexweschler9470]

Yeah the drugs themselves aren’t the problem homie. It’s how lucrative it is to sell illegal drugs that drives drug-related violence I will admit that alcohol and meth-related sleep deprivation almost certainly increase the likelihood of violent behavior. But one of those things is legal, and the other won’t really cause any issues unless you binge on it. At the end of the day, I think culture plays a bigger part in what you’re describing. And I don’t mean art- I mean attitudes about violence and wanting be a “soldier” and “put in work”. And being pressured into that. That’s all fine in a fantasy world, like a video game, but real life is real life. None of this has a simple solution. We’ve had literal decades to realize that and people like you still don’t get it

[@ferkat0390]

That’s not always the problem though. It’s more than face value issues

[@kulled]

@@ferkat0390 okay, then how often is it the problem? what are the other problem(s)? how exactly is it nuanced at all?

[@justtracy7175]

This documentary is too close to home. I work at a trauma 1 hospital & I’m part of the surgical team & our team is responsible for cleaning & sterilization of all the surgical instruments the trauma team uses. This is real and very exhausting. Every family matters in these traumatic events

[@jbythebay1543]

Looking at the photos of blood everywhere made my think about the people who have to clean all that up and what a hard and absolutely vital but underappreciated job that must be. I can't even imagine trying to wipe all the blood off all the nooks and crannies of the nearby equipment

[@kakefyll]

Its so painful to see this devestation. As a nurse in Norway I have not seen any gunshut wounds (been a nurse for 3 years). And maybe I never will. Im grateful for that

[@prm7216]

You are lucky you don't have 'that culture' in your country. Although I hear your neighbors are importing it and paying the price badly. Keep them out!

[@samgee2275]

You are very fortunate to live in a decent, civilized country.

[@rickymcdonald2669]

I worked hospital security and GSW was the call we hated the most. Stressful

[@andrewsmedley5913]

What a fantastic programme, with wonderful people, who treat and care for those in need, as well as those trying to make a difference. Very sad, but also uplifting.

[@tracietaylored5272]

Thank you for making this and thank you to all who contributed! Please keep doing what you’re doing! Hopefully we see the day this world is a better place

[@debbiemanzonie1323]

JESUS IS COMING SOON THEN THE TRIBULATION WHICH WILL OCCUR IMMEDIATELY AFTER GODS OWN ARE RAPTURED UP INTO HEAVEN. DARKNESS WILL COVER TGE EARTH EARTHQUAKES FAMINES FLOODS FIRES COMPLETE & UTTER DEVASTATING DESTRUCTION WORSE THAN THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN OR WILL EVER SEE AGAIN & LAWLESSNESS WILL BE THEE WORST THAT HAS EVER BEEN ALSO. READ MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 & 25. YIU DO NOT WANT TO MUSS THE RAPTURE. IF WHEN JESUS APPEARS, & YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD & SAVIOR, YOU WILL NOT BE GOING UP IN THIS RAPTURE, YOU SHALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATION, BUT WHO WOULD WANT TO DO THAT?! THOUGH DURING TRIBULATION YOU CAN STILL AT THAT TIME RECEIVE JESUS AS YOUR LORD & SAVIOR, SO THAT WHEN YOU DIE, YOU CAN BE SURE YOU GO TO HEAVEN...... SO, UNFORTUNATELY, TO YOUR COMMENT, ABOUT HOPEFULLY THE WORLD WILL VECOME A BETTER PLACE, THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THERE IS THE NEW CITY..... STILL NOT TO FEAR, JUST BE SURE TO GET SAVED.

[@laurastuart3814]

Only when people realise that bad people have to be punished and not let back onto the streets to harm again.

[@Shdeffie]

Charge Nurse in our Emergency Department has been here for 20 years. I just asked her, she's never seen a gunshot wound. Neither have I. I love Scotland.

[@BM-vj1px]

Gang violence is a real problem. Such a shame.

[@demariosreefaquarium7475]

This really breaks my ❤️ and this is the USA. Make no sense as it sets me back to my 14 months in Afganistán during my 10 yrs in the military. I saw and yes did things I extremely regret,but as a combat soldier you go where your country sends you. With the amount of nonstop gun violence in the largest democratic country on the planet is a disgrace to the norm. I was in my early 30s when in Afganistán, but I've seen young men in there early 20s and 19yr Olds. Full life ahead extinguished for what. Now the war between hamas and Israel caught everyone off guard. Gotta stop,we as humans just have to stop just killing each other. 🙏

[@saintsinner7565]

When a mother loses a child,it’s called forever incomplete

[@nali19751975]

I wanna say a massive thanks to all the EMS. DOCTORS and above all the OUTREACH PROGRAMME WORKERS...may god bless everyone and keep everyone safe

[@crand20033]

Something tells me your prayers will never be answered.

[@shellymurphyhoy7836]

My older brother was shot with a 45. He was in a garage working on a car. He was shot in the back. He walked to the back door of the house. He opened the screen door. The woman that lived there opened the door. He said help me then let go of the screen door and layed on the lawn. They tried to do surgery but the blood was pouring out as fast as they were putting it in. It severed his aorta and went through his liver. He passed away at the age of 34. He left behind a wife and 3 children.

[@nonyabiness4023]

I’m sorry for your pain 💔🙏🏽

[@sydneymomma11]

Shootings in suv's target areas have decreased by 53%?! I started crying when I read that. That is huge, powerful change. So grateful y'all are hittin' the streets to better everyone's lives. Wow. A huge thank you to everyone caring for and improving people's lives that have been touched by gsw violence. Stay safe out there. 🕉️

[@tech35641]

I think you meant to write decreased.

[@sydneymomma11]

@@tech35641 🤦🏽‍♀️ Yes! thank you for the correction.

[@tech35641]

@@sydneymomma11 You're welcome. Have a great day!

[@sydneymomma11]

@@tech35641 You as well, thank you!

[@joeyguo6988]

I was shot in NYC when I was just walking home. Two stray bullet hit me, one hit my leg and the other made a through and through oh my arm. I got rushed to where my dad worked (he is ex military combat medic turned surgeon) he was the one who operated on me. My arm recovered OK but till today I still walk with a limp.

[@MindsetVictory]

❤❤❤

[@JadedLady]

Hmm most hospitals will not allow family to family care. Ex.. your dad performing surgery on you would not happen or your sister is the nurse on the floor you get a bed on would not be able to care for you.

[@joeyguo6988]

@@JadedLady I was surprised too.

[@melfarm9109]

​@@JadedLadydoesn't necessarily work like that, if that's the best person for the job, then that's just how it is

[@cheythompson740]

You doctors nurses EMT surgeons... are our angels on earth. I will always have the upmost respect for you guys and girls!❤

[@tonks78]

❤❤❤ thanks for the love.

[@mikejohnson55281]

I worked in a 10sq mile city that in one year we had over 700 people shot and 85 murders. When i started training with 4 other people by the 3rd day i was the only one who hadn't handled a murder scene. I've had people die as I heard their last word, seen a 12yr old girl shot in the head because she was the wrong color, kids shot in retaliation for a murder 4hrs earlier, and I've seen the amazing work these trauma professionals do up close, very close. I stood in a chair 4ft from a gsv (victim) as the doctor cut open the guys left chest, put in a rib spreader and started doing heart message. He realized a bullet had gone through the heart so he threw in a couple of sutures and then the whole team ran out of the room heading to the OR with the doctor still messaging the heart. AMAZING.

[@aesirgaming1014]

I love that program at Jacobi. I served in the military, then worked in EMS and now at the VA as a nurse. I see a lot of people try to talk technical or try to be someone they're not. I'm pretty upfront with the patients I work with. Got yelled a few times for it because I've been known to drop a couple f-bombs here and there. I've also had so many patients open up to me and talk to me, sometimes over their doc, because they identify with me more. As a combat veteran, we have shared experience, understanding, world-view and sometimes that can really help to put a situation into perspective. I am guessing that the gang life is pretty similar in a lot of ways in that you don't really understand it unless you've lived it. More hospitals need programs like that.

[@JPAC85905]

My heart goes out to the medical trauma unit. I feel your guys' pain for the government to tell you guys to stay in your lane. They are dead clueless. Gun violence is no joke. Again, thank you for your service

[@AlexMG445]

Don’t forget the crippling life changing medical bills these victims are left to endure as well as the physical changes! So sad

[@titsmagee4469]

Do you really think the majority of the victims here care about medical bills? 😂

[@Douglas1ro]

@@titsmagee4469 Why would they care, they dont have to pay for them!

[@afenismama]

@@titsmagee4469of course they do, after they survive they have to “survive.” There’s literally a guy in another comment who survived 14 shots and he mentioned how astronomical his bills are after the fact. Not sure what’s so funny.

[@victoriaray9890]

Terrific documentary!!! Thank you for all your efforts to bringing this topic to life. People need to start understanding that this is way greater than them!!

[@nonyabiness4023]

Thank you for this documentary. I lost a son to gun violence over 5 years ago. It destroyed me. The beginning was right. Mass shouting victims get all the attention. Not to devalue them and their families. But just our kids within our own communities, nobody even knows who they are. We don’t get the support of the entire country behind us. My son’s name is Ashton! 💔

[@Popcorncedar]

For those parents to be able to talk like that means they’ve seen it too much.

[@nellienewyork]

I'm so shocked. As I'm watching this when the doctor is telling the story of that lady killed by a lost bullet. Well, 2 nights ago, my house got hit with a lost bullet at around 3am. It came thru the kitchen window, it hit a chandelier bounce up in the air hitting the ceiling and bouncing back to the floor cracking the kitchen tile.... I'm really scared and glad that nobody got hit.

[@chrissy8166]

I’m in Australia 🇦🇺 and just come across this video, What a amazing job you guys are doing, Let’s hope and pray no more shootings 😢

[@darius7694]

I was a victim of a random act of gun violence and robbery a year ago and suffer a gsw strait face and exited my neck I’m so thankful to be alive today from fast response form police and paramedics and the staff at the hospital that help save me and took care of me my life have definitely change since then mentally and physically but by the grace of god I survived

[@Chickynew]

WOW! 😭 As a woman @ 55 yrs of age this program is so traumatizing. I thank God I haven't personally experienced anything like this. Yet I hear stories every day. ENY is crazy I grew up there and learned more here than realistically living it. To know that the hospital door receives the one after another my hat goes off to all of the staff. That alone is PTSD for all you go through. God Bless You all.

[@ver.2234]

god bless you as well. love to see more appreciation for the men and women of the profession. what they do is truly incredible

[@susicolin5076]

you did not mention suicide. my son shot himself in the head with a shotgun. he wasn't even 30 years old. No surgeon could have saved him. it's hard for me to live.

[@jogillett8518]

😢 susicolin that is just tragic. I am so sorry for your loss. I cannot begin to fathom how much that must hurt. I hope you find strength to keep going and to find peace.💔❤

[@barbaravyse660]

I’m so sorry for your loss. I can’t imagine losing a child.

[@pommiebears]

I’m so sorry for your monumental loss. I can tell you this, your son is not far away, just in another room. You’ll see him again. Have you dreamed of him yet? They visit in our dreams. He is no doubt in peace. For some people, life is painful. Please hold on. 🙏🏽

[@stephaniebarrett6921]

Please don’t give up. Your life is important and you are needed in this world. I hope you can do something in honor of your son…

[@buttercupj6208]

I'm sorry for your loss you're in my prayers 🙏

[@user-uo5kp8nr7p]

What is so amazing is how some doctors are super heros... They just keep working... We need to give thanks to God for these dedicated professionals....

[@heathermatthews8286]

I wish all hospitals had doctors and nurses like this. You can really tell how much they care about their patients. My local hospitals are not like this at all.

[@dragonclaws9367]

It's amazing what doctors can do, I wish we did not need these skills. What they go through is heartbreaking. This is becoming normal on TV every day. This should never be normal.

[@whitneyanders5945]

Gun control. That is the answer. Every civilised country on earth has chosen this option except for the USA. The US is obsessed with war and killing. Injuries usually only seen on a battlefield are everyday occurrences in the US.

[@wades623]

It's not tv, there are a lot more pressing issues that should be dealt with and a side effect of working on those would lessen stuff like this

[@BB_09x]

As someone who specializes in trauma medicine, I couldn't speak more highly of this short documentary. It depicts the reason why someone like myself would chose a career in trauma medicine over all others. It's the ability to save someone's life right in front of you. And all too commonly, the horrible lows that also come with it. Lastly, just wanted to say how impressed I was with the SUV team. That's something I will bring up and promote along my career in trauma medicine

[@ver.2234]

thank you for your work. the service you do for the community is invaluable :)

[@nancywutzke5392]

👏👏👏💕

[@defeatSpace]

Thank you all for doing your absolute best.

[@robertschweppenhauser9891]

These medics and doctors are the the best people on Earth God bless you all.❤

[@pennyp7382]

My brother was shot 6 times in the chest and neck 25 years ago. He spent 4 years in a wheel chair and now is still paralyzed. He's a family man and far away from that life. He went to the parole hearing after 10 years of guy who shot him. He asked he be let free and said he was ok and wanted him to do well now. That life has nothing but misery.

[@tparker4458]

Wow. Blessings to your brother ❤

[@robyna9253]

I have worked EMS and at level 2 and 3 trauma centers as a nurse. I’ve always told my friends who don’t work in the field that there is war in our streets.

[@mickieswendsen1302]

1 Pet.5:19

[@tammyalexander4256]

You guys are Warriors in a Senseless Battle...you are in my prayers as are all the victims in this war...Stay Strong.