If there is a school shooting and someone get's shot does the teacher help the kid that got shot? or does he take the kids to where they need to go to evacuate?
2007-02-26 15:31:26 · 6 answers · asked by Nelzy 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
It is a very hard choice. Usually the best course is to escape to safety with the group of kids. If a kid is down then common sense means that the shooter is still targeting that zone. Often the shooter is in as much of a panic as the victim. And usually the victim is wounded. But one has time in this situation.
Teachers have no weapons. Plus the fact is that most schools are within minutes of a police station which means the response time to the event is short. The downed person needs a medic not an academic.
So here is the quagmire. If you know where the shooter is it is incumbent that someone get out to contact the police and point to where the most likely place where the shooter is.
Can a screaming panicked traumatized kid do this... Not likely. So if they can safely it is important for the teachers to evacuate of the remaining students, establish a point of reference for security and emergency medical personnel.
Oh and there has been a big change in the way school shootings are handled after Columbine and the Russian slayings. In Columbine the Police stalled outside and waited. At the time the response was correct because that was the training at the time.
It was later found that it was better to not stop but once sufficient response resources were on the scene a rapid entry be made into building and direct contact with the shooter be made. A quick response and contact means that the shooter cannot regather his/her wits and establish any kind of perimeter killing zone. Even if the shooter dies, this response tactic is better than the old negotiated response. Now days the life of the shooter is a minor consideration.
Teenage or young shooters like this are not equal to this type of forceful response. Shooting under combat conditions isn't a movie or a cyber game.
Also the shooter is often in angst and indecision unless the shooting pattern and tactics have been rehearsed as happened at Quebec's Polytechnique shootings where twenty two women were murdered in a short period of time by Lepin. Rarely does a murderer rehearse like Lepin or possessed the military training to do that level of human tragedy.
Most shooters are insane maniacs committing a heinous act. What they envisioned in their twisted a certain sequence of events did not occur in real life. Panic ensues. It is not easy shooting dead a person even for a maniac. When that happens time turns in favor of the responding police.
Going back to the issue. The teacher must quickly evacuate with as many kids he can safely muster. Call the police. Tell the police where the shooter was last seen. Tell the medics where the wounded are.
2007-02-26 16:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by gordc238 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It differs from school to school, but also from situation to situation.
I would think if the teacher was evacuating other kids, getting those other kids out would always come first, then helping the child who was shot. After all, why endanger ten or twenty lives for one that may not survive anyway? Harsh, but...
If the teacher was alone and the situation was clear, then the teacher would probably help the child.
If the situation isn't clear (in other words, the shooter is still there) more teachers are probably taught to leave the situation. After all, usually the victims are chosen ahead of time, and trying to help the injured with the shooter still there will get the teacher shot.
In any case, a hard situation for the teacher to deal with.
2007-02-26 23:45:09 · answer #2 · answered by Ai-chan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first duty of any teacher is to keep as many kids safe as he /she can. With cell phones now it's also easy to attend to shooting victims by calling 911 and directing the police and ambulances to where the victim(s) are located making sure they're safe as well.
2007-02-26 23:43:26 · answer #3 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It more than likely depends on 2 things; personal safety and distrcit policy. Even then, you can never tell which way it'll go.
2007-02-26 23:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by ark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All school districts have their own emergency plan. It would differ state to state I'm sure.
2007-02-26 23:36:47 · answer #5 · answered by RiverGirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is absolutely PATHETIC that anyone would even have to think of a question like that. My children will never step foot in a public school.
2007-02-26 23:38:36 · answer #6 · answered by littlechrismary 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋