2021
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.11.50900
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California ACEP Firearm Injury Prevention Policy

Abstract: By the WestJEM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. No author has professional or financial relationships with any companies that are relevant to this study. There are no conflicts of interest or sources of funding to declare.

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“… 5 Public policy recommendations include restriction on purchase of high-capacity magazines as an important plank in mitigating potential injuries and deaths of mass shootings. 30 …”
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confidence: 99%
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“… 5 Public policy recommendations include restriction on purchase of high-capacity magazines as an important plank in mitigating potential injuries and deaths of mass shootings. 30 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There were 196 total musculoskeletal diagnoses. The most common were wrist/hand (30), ribs (23), lower leg and ankle (18), upper extremity (17), foot (14), face (12), and skull (8). There were three reported cases of compartment syndrome of the leg associated with GSW trauma.…”
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confidence: 99%
“… 6 The ACEP Policy on Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention “condemns the current rates of injury and death from firearms in the United States.” 7 More recently, California ACEP updated its 2013 firearm injury prevention policy to reaffirm strategies such as child-protective safety and storage and extreme risk protection orders to reduce injury and death related to firearms. 8 Unlike the broader society, as emergency physicians we have unique, first-hand experience with firearm-associated injuries and deaths. Our specialty is harmed by firearms-related violence, whether in the trauma bay or when it claims the lives of fellow emergency physicians like Drs.…”
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