Firearm Sales Background Checks in 2020 21 Million. Up 60% from 2019 (source) Guns Sold March–May 2020 5.9…
When patients enter an emergency department or we begin our shifts, there is the expectation of safety….
Violence in the emergency department is not a new phenomenon. Our specialty has been fighting for workplace…
Emergency department shooters: 23% use a security officer’s firearm. 27% of hospital-related shootings are motivated by a…
Every day, 17 veterans die from suicide (source) Veterans have 50% higher risk of suicide than other…
Despite news headlines, only about 6% of youth firearm deaths are unintentional/accidental. (reference) Unintentional/accidental youth firearm deaths…
Lately, there seem to have been so many public mass shootings that the most recent one could…
In 2017 60% of U.S. gun deaths were due to suicide (source) Nationally 90% of suicide attempts…
As an ACEP member, I share what many other members desire from membership: ACEP should make my…
As emergency physicians, we are the first and often the only physicians to see victims of firearm…