Inside ORMC: The trauma surgeons who faced the Pulse mass shooting

It started with a call no trauma surgeon ever wants: “I have 20 gunshot wounds. I need you now.” Inside Orlando Regional Medical Center after Pulse, teams treated patients at a pace of one per minute—barricaded in the trauma bay, still working, and supported by every set of hands (including the EVS staff who kept the room ready). Ten years later, the “why” still lingers.