As of Tuesday afternoon, five patients had been released from the hospital after Monday’s mass shooting. Three other patients remain at the hospital, including Officer Nicholas Wilt of the Louisville Metro Police Department, who was critically injured at the scene. Hospital officials say more than 170 units of blood have been used to treat the injured and they are in need of blood donation. UOFL Health Chief Medical Officer Jason Smith said he and his trauma unit staff are prepared for this type of situation. “But I’ll be honest, it’s not a bad day for us to take care of three gunshots and the other one that came in, and the events surrounding it made it even more difficult,” Smith said. Smith said he could not comment specifically on the care other patients are receiving now. He also said Officer Wilt was being monitored around the clock by the neurosurgery team, trauma team and anesthesia team. Smith says the constant gun violence, including these mass shootings, has taken a toll on him, and he wonders when it’s going to stop. “I’m tired. You can walk into a room and tell someone they’re not coming home tomorrow. And it just breaks your heart. When you When you hear somebody yelling at mom or dad, it just becomes so hard to do it every day,” Smith said. He, like many others, said they are hopeful changes will happen soon so shootings like this don’t happen again “But sooner or later, it catches on to everybody. You can’t keep doing what we’re doing because you can’t watch these lives being lost. You can’t watch all these people with these horrific injuries coming through the door without doing something to try and save them. to help,” Smith said.
As of Tuesday afternoon, five patients had been released from the hospital after Monday’s mass shooting.
Three other patients remain at the hospital, including Officer Nicholas Wilt of the Louisville Metro Police Department, who was critically injured at the scene.
Hospital officials say more than 170 units of blood have been used to treat the injured and they are in need of blood donation.
Dr. Jason Smith, UOFL Health’s chief medical officer, said he and his trauma unit staff are prepared for such situations.
“But I’ll be honest, it’s not a rare day for us to take care of three gunshots and more that came, and the events surrounding it make it even more difficult,” Smith said.
Dr. Smith said he could not comment specifically on the care other patients are now receiving. He added that Officer Wilt is being monitored around the clock by the neurosurgery team, trauma team and anesthesia team.
Smith said continued gun violence, including these mass shootings, has taken its toll, and he wonders when it will stop.
“I’m tired. You can walk into a room and tell someone they’re not coming home tomorrow. And it just breaks your heart. When you hear someone yelling mom or dad, it makes it so hard to be able to make it through the day, Smith said.
He, like many others, said they are hopeful that changes will be made soon to prevent these types of shootings.
“But sooner or later, it catches on to everybody. You can’t keep doing what we’re doing because you can’t just watch these lives being lost. You can’t watch all these people with these horrible injuries. Something to try to help them. Not through the door,” Smith said.