The U.S. is in the midst of a gun violence crisis. Medical professionals at Harborview may hold the answers on how to end it
In June, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis.
"Gun violence has become the leading cause of death among kids and teens," Murthy said. "That was not true a decade or two decades ago, but it is true today."
And like many other communities across the country – Seattle is feeling the ripple effects of this crisis.
First Response — a new series from Cascade Public Media’s podcast Northwest Reports — takes a deeper look at how the medical professionals on the front line of this crisis are handling the influx of patients with gunshot wounds, and…
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