Las Vegas EMS Agencies Respond to Mass Shooting

Las Vegas, Nev. (KTNV) - As of this writing, 58 people were killed and 515 were injured after a mass shooting at the Route 91 music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night. According to AMR MedicWest Director Damon Schilling, it's a scenario that emergency medical crews have prepped for, given Las Vegas' image as a prominent tourist destination. But they hoped the day would never come when they would have to put their training to use. "You can train mentally as much as you can, but until you actually face the situation, you'll never know how you'll respond," he said. As news of the shooting spread, paramedics rushed to the front lines to help those in need. "We've had people who are on-duty, people who were off-duty, people who are volunteering," Schilling said. "You couldn't even park in our parking lot [because] we had so many people responding."
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