Child-to-child unintentional injury and death from firearms in the United States: what can be done?
Children are unintentionally killing and injuring other children at an alarming rate in the United States owing to the accessibility of firearms. Firearms are found in 33-40% of American households with children. Many of those firearms are stored in an unsafe manner, loaded and unlocked, leaving children vulnerable to injury. Health care professionals dedicated to the well-being of the pediatric population must take an active role in protecting our nation's children from unnecessary injury and death owing to the unsafe storage of firearms.
Glatt
Kathleen
K
Post Anesthesia Care Unit, The Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108-9898, USA. kglatt@cmh.edu
D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005389:Firearms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010067:Ownership / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010379:Peer Group; D011057:Politics; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control