presbyterian with extremity injuries that are doing much better and not in critical condition. and there is one patient at upmc mercy who had an extremity injury that received an operative intervention and is actually recovering. earlier this morning, i saw a report that a chaplain the from u upmc was one of those that was injured. can you tell us anything about him. you alluded to that 70-year-old. i wonder if that s the man to whom you re referring? that is the man who i m referring. he s a 70-year-old chaplain here at umpc presbyterian and served in a capacity at the synagogue. he had the most critical injuries and wounds and given his age, will likely have the longest challenge to recovery. but he s also showing some signs of response to the treatment. i want to get your perspective. you ve been focusing on this as aically natio icallclinician, at as somebody who lives in pittsburgh, i want to get your reaction, dr. yealy, to what you saw here yesterday? this was our family
prepare for what you saw yesterday? well, you can prepare, and it s by having a plan that s been not only created, but rehearsed prior to the event. we, unfortunately, had to live through a mass shooting six and a half years ago, even closer to the facility. so we have had practice in this. we re ready for this every day. not only for the daily types of trauma, but these types of terrible events. we ve gotten precious little information about the victims thus far. you ve been caring for some of them. what can you tell us broadly about their condition, the condition of those who were injured yesterday? there are two patients that are here at umpc presbyterian that remain in critical condition. a 70-year-old man who had gunshot wounds to his abdomen, who have had two abdominal operations already. there s also a 40-year-old police officer who had multiple gunshot wounds, who remains in critical condition. there are two additional patients here at umpc
pennsylvania, detailing the sex, the genders of those who were killed. joining me now is dr. don yuille, the chief of medicine at the pittsburgh medical center, just a couple of miles where i m standing today. walk us through what happened yesterday from your vantage, if you would, dr. yuille. thank you very much for the opportunity. at about 10:00 yesterday morning, we received notification that there was a mass shooting event at the synagogue. very quickly, we mobilized forces at the umpc presbyterian and umpc mercy trauma centers to make sure that we could their care of what was known to exist as far as injuries but also what might be known to exist as far as injuries. so we had additional personnel available, brought to the hospital, ready to treat any and all casualties. we also diploeployed three physicians to the scene to help with the care at the scene and the decision making. we heard yesterday about the upmc facilities. i know there are more than just one. how have you pr