%0 Journal Article
%T Emergency PhysiciansĄŻ Familiarity with the Safe Handling of Firearms
%A Andrew R. Ketterer
%A Anne Grossestreuer
%A Edward Ullman
%A Kaitlin Ray
%A Matthew Pirotte
%A Nicole Dubosh
%J Archive of "Western Journal of Emergency Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.5811/westjem.2018.11.39822
%X Emergency physicians (EP) experience high rates of workplace violence, the risks of which increase with the presence of weapons. Up to 25% of trauma patients brought to the emergency department (ED) have been found to carry weapons. Given these risks, we conducted an educational needs assessment to characterize EPsĄŻ knowledge of firearms, frequency of encountering firearms in the ED, and level of confidence with safely removing firearms from patient care settings
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6324699/