In this Bell Work Talks Dr. Goolsby discusses the processed used to develop consensus recommendations for healthcare in mass shootings. This project was based in part on the fact that in 2021 702 people died in mass shooting incidents in the US. To define best healthcare response to these incidents, the Uniformed Services University’s National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health hosted a consensus conference of emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians, emergency medicine physicians (EM), and surgeons who provided medical response to six of the nation’s largest recent mass shootings. The eight recommendations addressed readiness training, public education, triage, communication, patient tracking, medical records, family reunification, and mental health services for responders.

Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS, FACEP is Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is a member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation’s First Aid Task Force, the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, and is a leader in medical education and military-to-civilian knowledge transfer, particularly for the Stop the Bleed Campaign. His multi-million-dollar research portfolio has focused on bleeding control, tourniquet usage, first aid and public response, mass casualty incidents, and developing novel educational programs and tools. Dr. Goolsby is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (BS), an AOA graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine (MD), earned his Master of Education in the Health Professions degree from Johns Hopkins University, and completed a Master of Healthcare Delivery Science degree at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business. He has received many awards celebrating his work. Dr. Goolsby served in the Uniformed Services University’s Department of Military and Emergency Medicine for a decade prior to his current position. He also previously served as an active-duty military officer, including two tours as the flight commander and medical director of the Air Force’s emergency department in Balad, Iraq. Dr. Goolsby is the author or co-author of more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, editorials, and other scholarly publications. He is a board-certified, practicing emergency physician.

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Goolsby, Craig MD, MEd, FACEP1; Schuler, Keke PhD2; Krohmer, Jon MD3; Gerstner, David N EMT-P4; Weber, Nancy W DO, MBA, FACOEP, FACEP5; Slattery, David E MD, FACEP, FAEMS6; Kuhls, Deborah A MD, FACS, FCCM, FRCST (Hon)7; Kirsch, Thomas D MD, MPH, FACEP8. Mass Shootings in America: Consensus Recommendations for Healthcare Response. Journal of the American College of Surgeons: July 18, 2022 - Volume - Issue - 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000312doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000312