This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (8)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Medical Implications and Historical Perspective

Benjamin L. Aaron, MD; S. David Rockoff, MD

JAMA. 1994;272(21):1689-1693.

Abstract
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan became the first incumbent president of the United States to survive being struck by a would-be assassin's bullet. Had President Reagan not survived, the history of this country and the world most certainly would have been changed. This report is the only first-hand account of the details of his medical care and complications following the assassination attempt, an event that emphasizes the vulnerability of presidents to would-be assassins and the importance of readily available expert medical care and facilities to their survival.

(JAMA. 1994;272:1689-1693)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery (Dr Aaron) and Radiology (Dr Rockoff), the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to PO Box 675650, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 (Dr Rockoff).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

George Washington University School of Medicine and Department of Surgery
Sarani and Brody
Arch Surg 2005;140:422-424.
FULL TEXT  

Cardiac Trauma: Diagnosis, Management, and Current Therapy
Olsovsky et al.
ANGIOLOGY 1997;48:423-432.
ABSTRACT  

Presidential Disability and the Twenty-fifth Amendment
Gellert
JAMA 1995;274:798-798.
ABSTRACT  

Presidential Disability and the Twenty-fifth Amendment
Friedman
JAMA 1995;274:797-798.
ABSTRACT  

Who Is Minding the World?
Joynt
JAMA 1994;272:1699-1700.
ABSTRACT