Observational studyPediatric emergency care2025
Firearm Screening and Gun Lock Distribution in an Urban, Academic Pediatric Emergency Department.
Observational study in Pediatric emergency care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine firearm access and storage practices among parents/guardians of pediatric emergency department (PED) patients, and to determine whether the distribution of gun locks impacts overall storage practices. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis was a single-center, prospective observational cohort study in an urban, academic PED with ∼50,000 annual patient visits. From October 2021 through April 2022, parents/guardians of pediatric patients received a firearm triage survey and were offered gun locks. Participants who received locks were contacted for a follow-up phone survey one to two months later.
resultsAmong the 11,771 parents/guardians who completed the triage survey, 17% reported access to a firearm, 70% reported safe storage methods (firearm locked and unloaded), and 16% requested a gun lock. Among the 257 participants who received a gun lock and completed the follow-up survey, 69% reported using the lock. When comparing the triage survey to the follow-up call survey, access to firearms remained constant (88% triage vs 89% follow-up; P = 0.76), as did keeping the firearm unloaded (76% triage vs 79% follow-up; P = 0.10). However, there was an increase in the use of overall locked storage methods ( P < 0.001) as the use of multiple locked storage methods increased from 11% at triage to 59% at follow-up. The absence of locked storage methods decreased from 12% to 3%.
conclusionsFirearm screening and gun lock distribution in a PED can contribute to the increased use of safe storage practices in this patient cohort.
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