Maimonides EMS First on Scene of NY Subway Shooting

Emergency personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.
Emergency personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. A gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and shot multiple people Tuesday, leaving wounded commuters bleeding on a platform as others ran screaming, authorities said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The following is an account from Maimonides EMS after an attack on a subway train in Brooklyn left 10 people shot.

Dispatchers called several EMS units at approximately 8:30 a.m. to the D/N/R subway line at 36th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday. A masked assailant lit several smoke devices and was actively shooting at passengers on an R train.

The train came to a stop was at the 25th St and 4th Ave station. Maimonides Medical Center EMS crews were the first four-arriving units. 40D2 was the first to respond within the MTA transit system. 43U arrived at the 36th station while 41L and 41W were next to arrive on scene at the 25th St station. With coordination and expert training, the crews treated patients at a bloody and chaotic scene. They were assisted by both firefighters and police officers to rapidly triage and extricate the many wounded.

At approximately 08:32 a.m., EMS crew 41L was assigned to a SHOT call type at 25th and 4th Ave. At 08:38 a.m., they arrived on the scene and immediately identified one person shot in the lower extremity receiving aid from NYPD officers. While loading the first male patient into the ambulance, a second female patient shot in the leg walked up and asked for assistance. During continued medical care to the first two patients, an MTA worker approached the crew and informed them there were several people still injured on the train and in the station. At this time, the crew split with one EMT continuing care for the first two patients while his partner took the jump bag and entered the station while advising dispatch of the MCI status.

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At this time no other units were on the scene. While moving through the station, the Maimonides EMT was pointed to a train car where they identified four more patients. The EMT began rendering aid by placing a tourniquet on a male patient and continued holding pressure on multiple other gunshot wound victims.

The EMT continued to assess and triage other patients, including a critical patient who appeared to have been shot in the lower back. After approximately three minutes, the second EMS provider arrived on the scene, FDNY C32, to provide support for the EMTs while also assisting with patient care. After an additional one or two minutes, units 41W, 41Y, and additional MMC EES and FDNY EMS units arrived to assist with further treatment of victims and extrication from the  scene. All patients were removed from the subway platform and transported to local area hospitals.

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