POSTED: JUNE 13, 2018

Prevent the Bleed: A Step Toward the Firearm Endgame

The recent tragedies in Florida, Nevada and Texas galvanized a national youth-led movement aimed at ending gun violence. State legislatures in Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee and Washington enacted firearm safety laws that disarm dangerous or suicidal individuals, raise the minimum purchase age to 21, and strengthen background checks. Congress passed a spending package that incentivizes state and regional reporting into the national background check system, and the National Institutes of Health awarded $5 million to gun violence researchers. In a General Surgery News editorial [May 2018, page 3], Frederick Greene, MD, recognized that a “tipping point” of the national firearm debate has been reached and that the American College of Surgeons strategy of “stopping the bleed” cannot stand alone, and must be joined by the equally important concept of “preventing the bleed.”
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JUNE 13, 2018

Prevent the Bleed: A Step Toward the Firearm Endgame

By John Maa, MD, FACS, and Peter Masiakos, MD, FACS

The recent tragedies in Florida, Nevada and Texas galvanized a national youth-led movement aimed at ending gun violence. State legislatures in Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee and Washington enacted firearm safety laws that disarm dangerous or suicidal individuals, raise the minimum purchase age to 21, and strengthen background checks. Congress passed a spending package that incentivizes state and regional reporting into

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