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Blood banks within those four walls. we have excellent outcomes here. our survival rate is 97% and that's even for those patients who have less than a 1% chance to survive. of those patients who came in eight went straight to the operating room, 12 are in critical condition this morning. unfortunately, four patients passed away. the good news, if there is any good news to be found, we are having some patients already treated and released. it has been a challenge, though, to get them back to their hotel rooms where they originated last night because the las vegas strip is still shut down and ma...

More than 100 of the injured were taken to university medical center in las vegas there. da nita cohen a spokeswoman for the hospital level one trauma center, i think the only one in the state, joining me by phone. can you hear me? >> i can hear you and you're correct, yes, we are the only level one trauma center in nevada. >> can you give me an update and our viewers of what the very latest is from the hospital? how many patients, how they're doing? >> absolutely. we received a total of 104 patients from the shootings last night. eight of those patients went straight to the or. we have a uniq...

>> yes, from that school. >> reporter: we understand that seven of them are students. one of them possibly an adult. >> there are patients of teenage years, seven of those, and an adult, who is older than 21 as the eighth patient. >> reporter: in terms of severity of the injuries, that's three that are going to need surgery, two in the o.r. and one going to the o.r.? >> correct. >> reporter: the others don't need surgery. superficial wounds? >> no, they are not superficial wounds. we have to stage the patients. the patients that are unstable with the most severe injuries go to the operating ro...

Was it critical to get them treated as soon as possible? >> the three that are in the o.r. were critical. the response was ticking. >> reporter: were they alert and able to communicate at all? >> i would say that two of them actually had undergone intubation in the field. i think the critical part of this as well is the paramedics that responded to the nature of these injuries were unbelievable. from my understanding, there was a story of a friend that helped respond to one of the victims. they came inappropriately managed in the field. one actually already was intubated, had an endotracheal t...

Patients will require operative care throughout the day. >> in total, eight patients here. >> yes, from that scene. >> we understand that seven of them are students and one of them possibly an adult. >> yes. there are patients of teenage years, seven of those and then an adult who is older than 21 as a patient. >> in terms of severity, three that need surgery and two in the o.r. >> yes, correct. >> so the others do not need surgery. >> these were patients who are stable and we have to stage the patients, the patients that are unstable with the most severe injuries, go to the operating room fir...