Objectives: Firearms-related injuries and deaths are a leading cause of death in children and young adults ages 5 to 24 years. This study evaluated the counseling practices and barriers to providing safe firearms storage education by pediatricians and advance practice providers. Methods: An online survey was sent to 296 pediatric…
Background: During the past decade, all-terrain vehicle (ATV)–related injuries treated in US emergency departments decreased by 33%, down to approximately 100,000 injuries in 2016. In comparison, the number of children evaluated for ATV injuries in the Children’s of Alabama emergency department more than doubled between 2006 and 2016, counter to…
Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess parent acceptance of firearms education delivered by clinical providers, determine whether parents engage in firearms safety dialog with their children, and evaluate reasons for ownership and storage behaviors. Methods: The parents of children ages 0 to 18 years completed surveys while…
Background: Seatbelt laws save lives. Primary enforcement (allowing citations solely for seatbelt nonuse) is a more effective means of saving lives, yet seven southern states have no primary laws, due in part to concern about racial profiling. Methods: Non-Hispanic, black:white (B:W), occupant motor vehicle crash mortality rate ratios (MRRs) were…
The Greenfield filter and similar devices are placed in the vena cava of patients who have contraindications to anticoagulation, but who would otherwise be at risk of pulmonary embolism without such anticoagulation. Injury to a health care worker from one of these devices has been reported in the case of…
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