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Every 30 Minutes, Someone Arrives at an ER with a Gunshot Wound, According to the CDC
- A CDC study found that from 2018 to 2023, an American emergency room treated a gunshot wound injury every 30 minutes across ten jurisdictions.
- Researchers attributed these ongoing injuries to underreported violence and noted federal cuts threaten funding for hospital-based violence intervention programs .
- Dr. Randi Smith launched an HVIP in Atlanta after treating gunshot victims every on-call day, while grant coordinator January Serda began advocating for trauma-informed care following her son's fatal shooting.
- A study released in April in a leading medical journal analyzed 93,022 shooting-related injuries treated in emergency departments, revealing that incidents peaked during July and on weekend nights, highlighting key periods for optimizing resource allocation.
- The persistence of firearm injuries highlights the importance of sustaining HVIPs, which show reinjury rates below 3 percent compared to national 30 percent benchmarks, despite funding challenges.
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Every 30 minutes, someone arrives at an ER with a gunshot wound, according to the CDC | News Channel 3-12
Every 30 minutes, someone arrives at an ER with a gunshot wound, according to the CDC The COVID-19 pandemic and its corresponding increase in shootings sparked a national conversation around firearm injury, emergency room visits, and the treatment of gun violence victims in hospitals. Five years later, the conversation has faded, but new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that gun violence remains a stubborn presence …
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Every 30 minutes, someone arrives at an ER with a gunshot wound, according to the CDC
The Trace reports new data from the CDC shows that gun violence remains a stubborn presence across the country, with 93,022 shooting injuries treated in hospitals from 2018 to 2023.
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