Firearm Injury Prevention and Patient Safety: Overview Webinar-Overview Webinar

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This webinar discusses firearm injury prevention and safety among ED patients. It highlights the high number of Americans who are shot each year and the increasing rates of gun deaths and non-fatal injuries. The webinar emphasizes the role of emergency nurses in promoting gun safety and discussing it with at-risk individuals and families. It also addresses the importance of assessing the risk of firearm injury and providing support services to those in crisis. The disproportionate effects of firearm violence on minority populations and the connection between intimate partner violence and firearms are also discussed. The webinar concludes by emphasizing the preventability of firearm injuries and the importance of screening, education, safe storage, and lethal means restrictions.

Keywords

firearm injury prevention

ED patients

gun deaths

emergency nurses

intimate partner violence