ACS COT hosts inaugural Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention

摘要

Representatives of 43 professional medical and injury prevention organizations and the American Bar Association met February 10–11 for the inaugural Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention. Hosted by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT), the summit brought together national health care and legal leaders committed to reducing firearm-related deaths, injuries, and disabilities. The purpose of the conference was to foster an inclusive and collegial dialogue on how to work together to identify opportunities for the medical community to reach a consensus-based, apolitical approach to firearm injury prevention, with a focus on understanding and addressing the root causes of firearm violence while making firearm ownership as safe as possible.