Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Officials Attribute Innovative Partnership Between Las Vegas Police, Firefighters With Saving Countless Lives In Shooting
Joe Geeb didn鈥檛 know if there was one shooter, or 30. When the call for a 鈥渕ass casualty incident鈥 blasted through the radio Sunday night, the Clark County fire captain had no idea what was happening on the Las Vegas Strip, but he immediately began thinking about how he would run toward the bullets, the mayhem and the carnage while everyone else was running away. (Bui, 10/5)
In the commotion immediately after the Las Vegas shooting that killed nearly 60 people on Sunday, medical workers outnumbered by victims pressed bystanders into service to help with emergency first aid. Just as bystander CPR has become standard, public health agencies are working to increase awareness of bystander first aid. Because trauma victims often die of blood loss, rather than the injury itself, stopping the bleeding is the top priority. (Rabin, 10/5)
Californians who were injured in the Las Vegas attack may be able to get some monetary relief. The California Victim Compensation Board, a state program that offers monetary support for victims of violent crimes,聽has released a single application聽process to allow people to apply for compensation from California as well as from Nevada's program,聽said聽Julie Nauman, the board's executive director. (Kohli, 10/5)