R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (also referred to simply as Shock Trauma ) is a free-standing trauma hospital in Baltimore , Maryland and is part of the University of Maryland Medical Center . It was the first facility in the world to treat shock . Shock Trauma was founded by R Adams Cowley , considered the father and major innovator of trauma medicine .
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58-629: A courthouse where Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Peters apologized to the trio and set them free. In March 2020, the Maryland Board of Public Works voted to pay US$ 2.9 million to each of the three men following their exoneration. When they sent us to prison as teenagers, they stole our lives from us. They took our families from us. They took our childhoods. This lawsuit can't bring back everything we lost, but it's an important step as we try to move forward and heal. Alfred Chestnut, 2020 In 2020, after being exonerated,
87-482: A fabricated crime, but he convinced himself that he would respond. On August 8, 2019, he walked into Lipscomb's office and told about how his friend was killed, how he had been threatened by Kincaid, and how he lied in court. The other witnesses were interviewed, and they all confessed that they were coerced by Kincaid. On November 22, 2019, Mosby, alongside Lipscomb, visited the trio in their prisons to announce that they were freed. Three days later, they were taken to
116-740: A major expansion to the facility. Around 68 patient rooms were renovated to conform with modern-day standards. Shock Trauma trains physicians and medical personnel from locations overseas and throughout the United States. In addition to training residents at the University of Maryland itself, the facility hosts emergency-medicine and surgery residents from all over the United States and Canada. Visiting residents include physicians from Mayo Clinic , Dartmouth , Henry Ford , and Georgetown . Shock Trauma receives over 7500 admissions per year and provides its residents with intensive training in
145-409: A quiet hallway. While going to the cafeteria, Duckett, who was wearing a US$ 65 Georgetown University jacket, was approached by an armed man and two other people and asked to take off his jacket. While Duckett was taking off his jacket, the man pointed his gun at the students with Duckett, who ran away. As they were running away, the man shot Duckett in the right side of his neck. The two people with
174-425: A skating rink later that day. In 2019, Chestnut sent a five-page letter to State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby . The letter landed on the desk of Lauren Lipscomb, a prosecutor who led the unit for wrongful convictions. She re-investigated the case due to the trio insisting on their innocence during the entirety of their imprisonment. She thought the case against the trio was strong, but she noticed that, when cross-examined,
203-495: A television movie was produced by Telecom Entertainment and Glen Warren Productions about Cowley, his discovery of "The Golden Hour" and his crusade to establish the first fully dedicated trauma center in the world. The movie starred William Conrad as Dr. Cowley. It was syndicated in United States on October 27, 1982. Dr. Cowley chose pink scrubs to conserve money during the trauma center's inception due to them being unpopular among staff, making them less likely to be stolen. It
232-595: A total of US$ 3.3 million . R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center While serving in the United States Army in France immediately following World War II , Cowley observed that many severe traumatic injuries could be stabilized if the patient could be transported to a military hospital where a surgeon was present within one hour of the initial injury. Cowley coined the term " golden hour " to describe this crucial period of time. Cowley thus lobbied
261-500: A young prosecutor and current member of Congress was involved in a nearly fatal automobile accident and had his life saved largely in part to being transported directly to University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center. When Ruppersberger asked Cowley what he could do to repay him for saving his life, Cowley responded, "Run for office so you can help us get the resources we need to continue saving lives.” Ruppersberger successfully ran for numerous local, state, and federal elective offices all
290-492: Is an academic institution and emergency-medicine residents, trauma fellows, anesthesiology and surgical residents are involved in all aspects of patient care and evaluation. A large team of trauma physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and technicians complete the trauma team personnel and stand ready to receive victims 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. The helipad at Shock Trauma can accommodate up to four medevac helicopters at one time and has direct elevator access to
319-578: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harlem Park Three The Harlem Park Three were a trio of American students, Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins, who were falsely accused of murdering ninth grader DeWitt Duckett at Harlem Park Junior High School in the Harlem Park neighborhood of Baltimore in 1983 and sentenced to life in prison . They served 36 years in prison before being exonerated in 2019. After being exonerated,
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#1732787783521348-567: Is located on the building's second floor. Helicopters and ambulances bring injured patients directly to the TRU for emergency treatment and stabilization. Specialized trauma teams composed of trauma surgeons and emergency medicine physicians triage and treat patients as they arrive by helicopter and ambulance. Teams of consultants are available 24/7 and include orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, vascular surgeons, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, radiologists, anesthesiologists, and others. Shock Trauma
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406-491: The Shock Trauma center consist of specialized intensive-care units, intermediate-care units, and regular surgical-floor beds. Shock Trauma can admit patients directly into the operating room if their condition requires it. Intensive care at Shock Trauma is a multidisciplinary endeavor: the facility boasts dedicated units for victims of multi-system and neurosurgical trauma. In 2013, Shock Trauma Center completed and opened
435-488: The United States utilize helicopters to transport trauma patients to the hospital. During the establishment of trauma centers in the early 1970s, Cowley fought with the medical community to change the prevailing policy of first responders taking all patients, including traumas, to the "nearest hospital first." According to Cowley, the major flaw to this system was that the nearest hospital was most likely not capable of treating severe trauma. In 1975, Dutch Ruppersberger ,
464-474: The evaluation and management of both blunt and penetrating injury. In May 2007, Thomas M. Scalea, physician-in-chief for the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, presented a case at the University of Maryland Medical School's annual historical clinicopathological conference in Baltimore on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and whether the world's first center for trauma victims could have improved
493-625: The legislature in Maryland to purchase helicopters for the transport of trauma patients to expedite their arrival to these higher-care facilities. The Maryland legislature initially denied his request, due to the cost of helicopters, but he was subsequently able to persuade the State of Maryland to purchase helicopters by agreeing to the premise they be shared with the Maryland State Police . Today, almost all major trauma centers in
522-413: The man walked away and did not participate in the robbery or shooting. After being shot, Duckett ran upstairs, through the cafeteria, and collapsed in front of the doors to the administration offices. He was taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and was pronounced dead at 3 PM. It was the first murder in the history of Baltimore City Public Schools . After Duckett's death, the primary witness
551-779: The outcome had Lincoln's assassination occurred today. "This could be a recoverable injury, with a reasonable expectation he would survive," Scalea said, noting that the assassin's weapon was relatively impotent compared to the firepower now on the streets today. Shock Trauma's educational mission extends beyond the training of future physicians. The facility hosts members of the United States Armed Forces, in addition to providing education for local emergency-medical service providers. The television docudrama series The Critical Hour: Shock Trauma and Shock Trauma: Edge of Life , which both aired on Discovery Life and filmed at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. In 1982,
580-408: The resuscitation area several stories below. Adjacent to the TRU is a vast array of equipment and facilities that are immediately available to the patient in extremis. Shock Trauma has nine dedicated operating suites, its own unique trauma post-anesthesia care unit, in addition to two dedicated multislice CT scanners, an angiography suite, and digital plain film capability. The inpatient wards of
609-480: The trio sued the Baltimore Police Department in 2020, accusing the department of coercing witness statements. In 2023, they settled for US$ 48 million , the largest settlement in Baltimore history. Around 1:25 pm on Friday, November 18, 1983, 14-year-old ninth grader DeWitt Duckett, alongside two other students, was walking to the cafeteria of Harlem Park Junior High School through
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#1732787783521638-603: The trio sued the Baltimore Police Department , Kincaid, and two other police officers, accusing them of coercing statements to support a manufactured narrative. In 2023, the Baltimore Board of Estimates approved a US$ 48 million settlement outside of court between the trio and the Baltimore Police Department, the largest in Baltimore's history. In the settlement, the trio receives US$ 14.9 million each and their attorneys receive
667-410: The truth and it sends me to prison, I’ll go to prison. Ron Bishop, 2019 In 2018, Chestnut, following years of attempts, received the investigative reports from Duckett's murder. He noticed one of the leads said that a person named Michael Willis, who had been shot dead in 2002, was reported to have been at the school when the murder happened, was armed, and wore a Georgetown University jacket to
696-454: The while advocating for shock trauma. The policy of "nearest hospital first" was eventually abandoned, and emergency medical systems across the United States now follow the model first advocated by Cowley. Shock Trauma houses over 100 inpatient beds dedicated to emergency surgery , resuscitation , intensive care, and acute surgical care. The facility boasts a dedicated resuscitation area in excess of 13 beds. The Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU)
725-431: The witnesses could not testify to any details beyond their claim that the trio did it. In June, she received another letter from Chestnut with the investigative reports. In the summer, Bishop, who was now 50 years old, received a letter from Mosby's office about the case State v. Alfred Chestnut, et al . The letter frightened Bishop who initially did not respond, thinking that he could be arrested for lying under oath or
754-435: Was Ron Bishop, one of the students with Duckett when he was murdered. School staff also reported that three non-student 16-year-olds, Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins, were in the building earlier in the day. The murder investigation was assigned to veteran Baltimore Police Department detective Donald Kincaid. The day after the shooting, Kincaid went to Chestnut's and Watkins's houses for questioning. Chestnut
783-561: Was accusatory and threatened that Bishop would not be allowed to leave and could be charged with being an accessory to murder if Bishop did not tell who did it. A total of four witnesses (including Bishop) said that Chestnut, Stewart, and Watkins did the murder. The next day, Thanksgiving (November 24), they were arrested on charges of murder, armed robbery, and handgun violations. On May 28, 1984, Chestnut, Stewart, and Watkins were all found guilty of felony murder. I’m tired of living this lie, that those three guys did it. If I have to tell
812-410: Was held and was attended by then-Councilman and future U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume . The afternoon of the funeral, Kincaid was informed of another potential witness, a 13-year-old girl who was interviewed in a conference room and identified Chestnut, Stewart, and Watkins. That evening, officers picked up Bishop without his parents. He was placed in a small room with Kincaid and a photo array. Kincaid
841-440: Was wearing a Georgetown jacket during the questioning, and they both maintained their innocence and Chestnut stated the jacket was his. Kincaid took pictures of all three suspects. Soon after taking their pictures, Kincaid went to Bishop's house and showed him 11 pictures of potential suspects. He recognized Chestnut, Stewart, and Watkins from elementary school but did not single out a suspect. This repeated twice. Duckett's funeral
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