
School Shooting Tragedy: Responses, Calls, and Compassion Needed.
Emergency room doctors at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital were ready to treat every victim of The Covenant School shooting that came in the doors, but the injuries were so horrific there was nothing more they could do. Pediatric surgeon Dr. Joseph Fusco said it was truly devastating when they "don't even have an opportunity to use those resources." The level-one trauma center was ready, but unfortunately, they just didn't have the opportunity to save the lives of the three children who were shot.