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Counseling on Access to Lethal Means-Emergency Department (CALM-ED): A Quality Improvement Program for Firearm Injury Prevention

by Shannon | Aug 11, 2023

Introduction Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, with firearms reported as the cause of death in up to 50% of these cases. Our goal was to evaluate the feasibility of the Counseling on Access to Lethal Means intervention in the Emergency...

Gun Violence and Firearm Injuries in West Michigan: Targeting Prevention

by Shannon | Oct 4, 2022

Introduction Firearm-related deaths and injuries are ongoing public health issues in the United States. We reviewed a series of gun violence- and firearm-related injuries treated at a multi-campus community healthcare system in West Michigan to better understand the...

Emergency Physicians’ Familiarity with the Safe Handling of Firearms

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Introduction Emergency physicians (EP) experience high rates of workplace violence, the risks of which increase with the presence of weapons. Up to 25% of trauma patients brought to the emergency department (ED) have been found to carry weapons. Given these risks, we...

Loaded Questions: Internet Commenters’ Opinions on Physician-Patient Firearm Safety Conversations

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Medical and public health societies advocate that healthcare providers (HCPs) counsel at-risk patients to reduce firearm injury risk. Anonymous online media comments often contain extreme viewpoints and may therefore help in understanding challenges of firearm safety...

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