Citation

Lee LK. Inj. Epidemiol. 2019; 6(Suppl 1): e30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, The author(s), Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s40621-019-0199-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Last fall there was a robust physician social media response about the medical community's role in firearm injury prevention with #ThisIsOurLane. And now there is greater attention being paid to preventing firearm injuries, whether intentional or unintentional. In our work as medical providers, we have experienced first hand the challenges of caring for patients with gunshot wounds and the anguish of comforting their families. As clinicians, injury prevention specialists, and public health advocates we understand the importance of a multi-pronged approach to prevent firearm injuries. This has been and will continue to be our lane.

As an injury prevention professional organization, the Injury Free Coalition for Kids® strives to decrease injuries to children and adolescents from all mechanisms of injury, unintentional and intentional. We work as clinicians caring for those who have sustained injuries and as public health advocates trying to decrease injuries. At the 2019 Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Annual Meeting, we covered a broad range of injury prevention topics, ranging from motor vehicle crashes to dog bites to firearms. We described innovative programs and discussed best practices. Reflecting the range of topics presented at the conference, this annual supplement for the 2019 Injury Free Coalition for Kids® meeting include articles on a variety of injury prevention areas...

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