By the Numbers: Firearms Stats in 2020
Firearm Sales Background Checks in 2020 21 Million. Up 60% from 2019 (source) Guns Sold March–May 2020 5.9…
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By the Numbers: Firearms Stats in 2020
Firearm Sales Background Checks in 2020 21 Million. Up 60% from 2019 (source) Guns Sold March–May 2020 5.9... -
Are the Benefits of Metal Detectors Worth the Costs?
When patients enter an emergency department or we begin our shifts, there is the expectation of safety.... -
Time to Put Negative Perceptions of Metal Detectors to Rest
Violence in the emergency department is not a new phenomenon. Our specialty has been fighting for workplace...
Are the Benefits of Metal Detectors Worth the Costs?
When patients enter an emergency department or we begin our shifts, there is the expectation of safety….
Time to Put Negative Perceptions of Metal Detectors to Rest
Violence in the emergency department is not a new phenomenon. Our specialty has been fighting for workplace…
By the Numbers: Firearms in the Emergency Department
Emergency department shooters: 23% use a security officer’s firearm. 27% of hospital-related shootings are motivated by a…
By the Numbers: Veterans and Firearms Injury
Every day, 17 veterans die from suicide (source) Veterans have 50% higher risk of suicide than other…
By the Numbers: Unintentional Pediatric Firearm Injury and Safe Gun Storage
Despite news headlines, only about 6% of youth firearm deaths are unintentional/accidental. (reference) Unintentional/accidental youth firearm deaths…
ACEP Now Responds to Mass Shootings
Lately, there seem to have been so many public mass shootings that the most recent one could…
By the Numbers: Firearm Suicides
In 2017 60% of U.S. gun deaths were due to suicide (source) Nationally 90% of suicide attempts…
Opinion: ACEP Should Avoid the Firearms Debate
As an ACEP member, I share what many other members desire from membership: ACEP should make my…
How Emergency Physicians Are Working to Prevent Firearm Injury
As emergency physicians, we are the first and often the only physicians to see victims of firearm…