“Obviously the power supply has been cut off, so a CAT scan cannot be done,” Dr. Constance Hoar wrote in his notes from the intensive care unit.
“In OR [the operating room] he made more mistakes than expected, “Hoare wrote.
But the surgeon who operated on Stevens said there was simply no time for computed tomography, whether or not it was available.
“It didn’t look like we would have time to take him to the CT scan to look for other injuries, so he was taken directly to the operating room because he was in shock,” wrote Dr. Bill Walker, the surgeon who operated.
Shortly before Stevens’ first surgery of the day, at 6:39 a.m., doctors were able to get an X-ray. During this first operation, doctors tried to repair damage to internal organs to control internal bleeding. They also removed fragments of a bullet from Stevens’ left arm and lower back. After the operation, Stevens was finally taken for a CT scan and then to the intensive care unit.
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