https://social.targaryen.house/@raymondpert/110115351805556874 #USGunViolence #GunInjuries

We use the prescribing cascade to deal with gun violence in the US

In a prescribing cascade, instead of removing the source of the symptom, we prescribe meds to mask the problem

In the US, Instead of removing guns, we waste money on Kevlar backpacks and bullet resistant tables

Let’s stop throwing pills at the problem
Let’s stop throwing Kevlar at the problem

Let’s. Remove. Guns.

#Geriatics #guninjuries #gunFireEpidemic #GunControl #childrenFirst

like strategies for how to use a pencil to pierce a shooter’s eyes... “

“This is an entire industry that capitalizes on school shootings; however, these companies have very little evidence that what they are selling works,” said Odis Johnson, exec director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe & Healthy Schools." #guninjuries #guns #gunviolence

1 dead, 3 injured at El Paso Mall shooting; 2 suspects in custody
#ElPaso #Texas #GunViolence
#GunShooting #GunDeaths #Guns #GunFatalities
#GunInjuries #GunRampage #GunViolence
#AmericanGunViolence #AmericasSadReality #EnoughIsEnough #EnoughAlready #Guns
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/us-and-world/gunman-at-large-after-shooting-in-el-paso-shopping-mall/?email=39e8767a93e346d60f9da703908bcfb10cfd3070&emaila=1d24b2241af6dcf317ab48eb89d3fb42&emailb=c3a50d054de53c79636cfaaed6f77f0e3ce2bc5fbdd9c779f40f1b29bbd65ad2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News%20-%20WDVM%20-%20Breaking%20News%20-%20February%2016%2C%202023%2C%201:58%20am%20UTC&utm_term=Breaking%20News

“Rates of children with firearm injuries presenting to US children’s hospitals significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated throughout 2021” #medicine #MedMastodon #GunControl #guninjuries #COVID https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2799358?&utm_source=BulletinHealthCare&utm_medium=email&utm_term=122022&utm_content=NON-MEMBER&utm_campaign=article_alert-morning_rounds_daily&utm_uid=3600692&utm_effort=MRNRD0

Annually,
⭐️ 40K Americans die
⭐️ 200K injured from firearms

“There is little question that firearm violence is a public health crisis... And yet, unlike for homelessness, opioids or other determinants of health, there has never been a U.S. Surg General’s Report on gun violence in America.”

https://bit.ly/3Ve0r9J

#GunControl #guninjuries #firearm #firearmviolence #politics #potus

Major trauma orgs issue statement on firearm safety and violence prevention – Trauma System News

https://trauma-news.com/2022/12/major-trauma-orgs-issue-statement-on-firearm-safety-and-violence-prevention/

Very logical suggestions to prevent #guninjuries. Nice to see major #trauma organizations working together.