Supporting Victims and Communities of Mass Violence Incidents

Supporting Victims and Communities of Mass Violence Incidents. Paramedics taking a patient from an ambulance into the emergency department. Coworkers comfort a victim of violence. Paramedics remove a patient from an ambulance on the way into the emergency department. People hold burning candles as they participate in a vigil.


The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative is proud to partner with the Medical University of South Carolina’s National Mass Violence Center (NMVC) to provide resources and support surrounding incidents of mass violence for the communities and patients served by our hospitals and health systems. Established in 2017 through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), NMVC strives to improve community preparedness and the nation’s capacity to serve victims recovering from mass violence through research, planning, training, technology and collaboration.

The NMVC’s vision is to provide communities with access to evidence-based information and resources needed to effectively prepare for and respond to mass violence incidents. 

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