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Gun Violence Curriculum Benefits Surgical Trainees

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Curriculum covers technical, nontechnical skills necessary to care for gun violence victims

Half of older gun owners have a plan for transferring gun ownership after death and even fewer have a plan for transferring ownership in the case of impairment

Many Older Gun Owners Fail to Consider Future Ownership Transfer

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Including firearm issues in medical, financial, legal advance planning may be useful, authors say
Actual health care costs increase up to 20-fold in the six months after a gunshot injury versus the six months before

Health Care Use, Costs Increase 20-Fold After Firearm Injury

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Findings compared six months before and after injury across patients in five states
The lifetime risk for death from firearms and drug overdoses varies by race and geography

Almost 1 in 100 May Die From Firearms, Overdose, or Motor Vehicle Accident

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Variance in lifetime risk seen across demographic subpopulations and states
From 2005 to 2016

Mortality Down but Health Care Costs Up From Gun Violence

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Head and neck, vascular, gastrointestinal surgery independently linked to high cost tertile designation
Implementation of more restrictive gun policies may result in a small decrease in firearm-related deaths

Drop in Firearm Deaths Linked to More Restrictive Gun Policies

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Restrictive gun policy has 0.98 probability of being associated with decrease in firearm-related deaths
Handgun ownership is associated with an increased risk for suicide

Handgun Ownership Linked to Increased Risk for Suicide

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Male and female handgun owners have much higher rates of suicide by firearm
Most emergency providers report having little experience handling firearms

Most Emergency Providers Have Little Firearms Safety Experience

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However, 59.1 percent report encountering firearms in ED or immediate environment at least once a year
Survivors of firearm-related injury have worse long-term outcomes compared with survivors of motor vehicle crashes

Long-Term Outcomes Worse for Firearm Versus Car Crash Survivors

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Firearm injury survivors more likely to have daily pain, screen positive for PTSD, have worse HRQoL
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System together with the universal background check significantly reduces gun carrying among adolescents

Federal, State Background Check Laws Together Cut Teen Gun Carrying

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Significant reduction seen with NICS plus universal background check provision at the point of sale