‘Rapid Call Button’ speeds up critical gunshot victim care
The Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center team at Regional One on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The process is only for those who are dropped off by a private vehicle with gunshot wounds that require a higher level of care.
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Elvis Presley Trauma Center gun violence Regional One Health Saint Francis Hospital-MemphisAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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