really control but we can try and at least lessen the impact of and that s where we take off the bone fragment that s are there and maybe even a little bit more. that s where judgment comes in. it s a judgment call that trauma neurosurgeons are forced to make. a through and through bullet injury causes direct damage to the brain much it s the secondary damage due to swelling where you try to minimize the risk. the simple things they can do in the operating room, simply lifting the head of the bed up can reduce the swelling in the head. insert certain medications to shrink the brain. that can help as well. also, as they did in congressman giffords case, they can remove part of the bone here to decrease that swelling. so one thing to keep in mind the brain, unlike other organs of the body, if it starts to swell, it really has nowhere to go. it can only go down wards and that is called herniation. you make holes like that one and
she still has a us. 11 others also shot today, six people are dead. the victims were stuck behind the table set up for this event. so they were sitting ducks. investigators have the suspected shooter in custody. and there are other people that are injured. there are multiple people shot. okay. oh, my god. what police say is that shady looking gentleman was gerald loughner and the table that they re talking about is right over here. this is where he barged through. congresswoman and the judge were standing right around there and this is where he shot them. but then he proceeded down the line shooting people at random. by the time the paramedics got here, jared loughner had been taken down but there were literally bodies strewn all across the ground here. colt jackson, aaron rodgers, and wes magnota were among the first medical responders on the scene. we were actually at a gas station and we heard the call go out. and we heard the trucks rolling by. we weren t su
trouble in this case is bleeding uncontrolably. so if that bullet cut a major artery, that s hard to clean up that kind of with that kind of trouble. and fortunately here that was not the case. and then of course the brain swelling we worry about. and, again, something we can t really control but we can try and at least lessen the impact of and that s where we take off the bone fragment that s are there and maybe even a little bit more. that s where judgment comes in. it s a judgment call that trauma neurosurgeons are forced to make. a through and through bullet injury causes direct damage to the brain much it s the secondary damage due to swelling where you try to minimize the risk. the simple things they can do in the operating room, simply lifting the head of the bed up can reduce the swelling in the head. insert certain medications to shrink the brain. that can help as well. also, as they did in congressman giffords case, they can remove part of the bone here to decrease that s
giffords. he came up and asked if he could talk to her and then he was barging through. 15 to 20 gun shots. some people running and screaming. it was gabriel giffords. 11 others also shot today, six people are dead. the victims were stuck behind the table set up for this event. investigators have the suspected shooter in custody. and there are other people that are injured. there are multiple people shot. okay. oh, my god. what police say is that shady looking gentleman was gerald loughner and the table that they re talking about is right over here. this is where he bothered through. congresswoman and the judge were standing right around there and this is where he shot them. but then he proceeded down the line shooting people at random. by the time the paramedics got here, jared loughner had been taken down but there railroad literally bodies strewn all across the ground here. colt jackson, aaron rodgers, and wes magnota were among the first medical responders