Gun Shot Wound: A Trauma Surgeon's Grim Reality | ENDEVR Documentary

We follow Dr. Goldberg on a busy Friday evening in the trauma center. In the space of 12 hours, she’ll treat three gunshot victims and perform emergency life-saving surgery on one of them. And since 80% of gunshot victims survive in Philadelphia, Gun Shot Wound gives an authentic look at the daunting process of rehab and often permanent disability. Meanwhile, Dr. Joseph Sakran shares his day-to-day experience treating gunshot victims in Baltimore and introduces viewers to Brandon Fisher. Brandon arrived at the trauma bay nearly dead with 13 bullet wounds and injuries in almost every cavity in his body. It took a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons and more than 15 surgeries for Brandon to recover.

"when a wife loses a husband, she's a widow; when a child loses a parent, an orphan.. but when a mother loses a child, there's no name for that..." that got me.

These are the type of documentaries that should be forced to be watched in Schools, very impactful

I'm a paralyzed survivor of random shooting. Thank You to Harbor View Trauma Center Seattle and LifeFlight for giving myself & many others an opportunity to live . ☮

While I was in the emergency room, a young shooting victim was brought in. There was just a curtain between our two spaces. The ER team was doing everything they could to stop the bleeding so they could access his injuries and get him into surgery, but it was losing battle as I could see blood running in under the curtain into my side. One of the doctor's yelled to get someone in to start mopping it up before one of them fell as it was so slippery. They finally got him into surgery, but in the aftermath the space looked like a war zone. It took a couple of people a good 30+ minutes to clean both "rooms", his and mine. I had never seen so much blood. I later found out it was a gang shooting and he was just 21 years. He died in surgery. My heart hurt for his family, but also the hospital staff that fought so hard to keep him alive. I will never forget it.

As a nurse, I can't even say how many people have come through our hospital doors with GSW's, and how many I have cared for, or had to clean up, remove all the tubes, for the family to come and see their loved one before being taken to the morgue. The most horrendous is when the victim is a small child, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time...when that wrong place is within the safety of their homes, or strapped in their car seat and hit by stray bullets.

I just wanna shout out all the housekeepers and all the other support staff that aren’t doctors or paramedics that have to also deal with this after what ever outcome. Cause if you’re dealing with that too it still causes unnecessary trauma and stress for the people that gotta clean it up. I remember a south metro fire video that did say in life if dispatcher and they said their not even considered first responders their considered receptionists. And they were involved in a study about PTSD.

Excellent documentary. Thank you. When my mother was shot in 1966 it was by God’s grace she made it. The 38 caliber bullet tore through her like a “hot iron fire poker” she told me later—it passed through her lower abdomen, through her spleen, diaphragm, her lung and finally into her left shoulder. Fortunately in our small community a retired Army surgeon had just opened his practice. He and two other local doctors worked on my mother and saved her. After 10 hours she was in recovery. I was 16. I will always be thankful for the doctors that saved her. She died in 2007 at 96. And the bullet was still there lodged in her shoulder till she passed away. Thank you all nurses and doctors, technicians and counselors for your dedication and service. Bless the people that are taking their experience to the streets to educate and prevent this violence.

to the man who said 'I don't know why I am crying right now', I am so glad you can.

So sad that the elderly woman died. She was supposed to be safe in her own house. So tragic.

As a Viet Nam combat vet, & retired 30 yr street cop, I saw more than my share of GSW. The ER docs & nurses do amazing work on these victims. I believe society has lost its moral compass & what used to be a fistfight now gets settled w/a gun.

If there was ever anyone whom deserves recognition for this insanely difficult issue, these doctors are absolute heroes!!!

My cousin was a surgeon in the Army. He received his training on how to treat gunshot wounds by working in the ER in Los Angles.

As a former cop Ive seen ER docs and nurses do their thing on many occasions. These men and women are true heroes

My older brother got shot in the abdomen back in 2016 at our Halloween party trying to break up a fight he was 33 at the time. . The shooter shot 8 times only hitting my brother once and luckily no one else. . I was right next to him and saw it all..After everyone fled frantically my brother was in shock holding his wound walking around. I immediately laid my brother down and made a pillow for him with my costume and held his wound with the rest of my costume and yelled for someone to call the ambulance. I didn’t want to rush him to the hospital in the car because I didn’t want to move him and risk the possibility of having him bleed out in the car so I had to make that decision and thankfully I made the right one . The doctor had told me the bullet was a hair away from tearing his artery and I did a right move by laying him down and holding his wound till help arrived . It was so devastating hearing my bro say he’s dying and losing consciousness while everyone was panicking including our parents. . I felt like he took a bullet for me . Seeing my older brother battle for his life for 5 months going through 14 + surgeries and being put into a induced coma to fight off infection and everything else was so frustrating and devastating because it was all meaningless! , over someone’s ego . A POS who wasn’t even invited to our party and who was scared to fight !and to top it off only served 7 years Is so frustrating! Because I have to live with the fact that I threw this Halloween party and my brother took a bullet for me and to see what meaningless bullet did to him and the scarring it left him , the reminder just hurts me ! .. I give it to these first responders, surgeons etc who help save lives over meaningless acts from cowards. Thank you and thank you for saving my brothers life 🙏🏽. Put the guns down !

Much love and respect to EVERY doctor and EVERY nurse. You all are wanted/needed and appreciated

My ex is a trauma surgeon . She used to tell me that the worst part of her job was coming out of the OR ,walking up to a woman that's she's never met before ,and telling the woman that despite the extraordinary efforts of the OR team , they couldn't save the life of her 16=year old son

This is incredible. The medical science is amazing, but what is even more amazing to me is the willpower of these trauma surgeons and hospital workers. Literal damn heroes.

“This country has an illness”. The good doctor is correct!! The sickness is in the heart of the people 😢 No weapon acts on its own volition. Some person has to pick it up and put an action behind it.

My son was shot when he walked in on someone who broke in his apartment. It's been two years but thank my son survived. He was shot twice in his stomach bullet was trying to come out his back. They had to remove from his back. God gave me the strength to clean the hole in his back from surgery my I cried while i did it. . Thank God for my sister RN nurse she guided me through the process. Have to take about 18 pills a day for pain and spasm.