Las Vegas hospitals shift into full gear for unprecedented medical crisis

Las Vegas hospitals shift into full gear for unprecedented medical crisis

 The blood trails on the floor of a Las Vegas hospital told the heroic side of Sunday night’s tragedy, as doctors and nurses raced to save lives after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
A photo of the blood-streaked floors of Sunrise Hospital made the rounds of social media Monday, as did stories and videos of strangers piling victims into their cars to speed them to help.
Locals said University Medical Center, the region’s only Level 1 trauma hospital, was at capacity and cases were being sent to other hospitals such as Sunrise, which reported treating 180 patients Sunday night, including dozens of surgeries.

Overall, at least 59 people were killed and more than 500 injured, either from gunshots, shrapnel or trampling, creating a medical crisis the likes of which doctors said they had never experienced.
“Literally, every single bed was being used, every single hallway was being used,” Rep. Ruben J. Kihuen, a Democrat whose district includes part of Las Vegas, told The Associated Press after visiting one of the hospitals.
Officials said hospital staff were treating people in parking lots because their facilities were so crowded with patients and said the life-saving efforts were nothing short of heroic.