Journal of the American College of Surgeons Proceedings from the Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention: A Public Health Approach to Reduce Death and Disability in the US Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS, Deborah A. Kuhls, MD, FACS, Brendan T. Campbell, MD, FACS, Stephanie Bonne, MD, FACS, Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD, FACEP, Marian Betz, MD, FACEP, Rochelle Dicker, MD, FACS, Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP, Chris Barsotti, MD, FACEP, Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPH, FACS, Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, FAAP, Thea James, MD, FACEP, Dorian Lamis, PhD, Gary Timmerman, MD, FACS, Selwyn O. Rogers, MD, FACS, Bechara Choucair, MD, Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018 Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Visual abstract describing the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Consensus–based approach to the dialog related to firearm injury prevention. Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Mortality rates from firearm injury in the US over time based on data from CDC WISQARS (Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/nvdrs.html). Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 (A) The percentage of patients seen at trauma centers in the US based on mechanism of injury, data from the National Trauma Databank, 2014. (B) Population-based mortality for the top 3 mechanisms of injury in the US, data from CDC. Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Firearm Mortality by State, 2017. Age-adjusted firearm death rates per 100,000 population from the US Centers for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm. Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Haddon's Matrix describing potential injury prevention initiatives for firearm suicide prevention. Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 6 Haddon's Matrix describing potential injury prevention initiatives for intentional interpersonal injury by firearms. Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 7 Haddon's Matrix describing potential injury prevention initiatives for unintentional firearm injury. Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.05.018) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions