by Shannon | Sep 10, 2023
Importance The burden of firearm violence in US cities continues to rise. The role of access to trauma center care as a trauma system measure with implications for firearm injury mortality has not been comprehensively evaluated. Objective To evaluate the...
by Shannon | Jul 29, 2023
Background Federal law requires background checks for firearms purchased from licensed dealers, but states can extend requirements to private sales of handguns and purchases at gun shows (universal background checks for handguns [UBC-HG]). Although firearm homicide...
by Shannon | Jul 20, 2023
Objective We sought to determine whether state firearm legislation correlated with firearm-related fatality rates (FFR) during a 15-year period. Background The politicized and controversial topic of firearm legislation has been grossly understudied when the...
by Shannon | Oct 27, 2022
Background Public health measures were instituted to reduce COVID-19 spread. A decrease in total emergency department volume followed, but the impact on injury is unknown. With lockdown and social distancing potentially increasing domicile discord, we hypothesized...
