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Hear from experts working to reduce firearm injury
Worried about a Veteran (WAV)
Are you worried about a veteran? When a loved one struggles, it's hard to know how to help. WAV is here to help with resources to start direct conversations, reduce access to lethal means, and reach support.
Mental Illness & Violence Fact Sheet
Have questions about the relationship between mental illness and violence? Check out this fact sheet for answers to help you prevent firearm injury and death in your patients.
EM Pulse Podcast: BulletPoints Project Series Part 3-Assess
In episode three of the EM Pulse Podcast, Dr. Barnhorst and the hosts delve into Assess, the second component of the BulletPoints 3A's Framework. This step helps clinicians determine whether it’s clinically relevant to ask patients about access to firearms, and, if such a discussion is indicated, how to ask about access and then gauge willingness to work together on reducing risk.
Start Your Recovery
Start Your Recovery is a resource for individuals who may be struggling with substance use disorder. Developed by experts from leading nonprofit, academic, and government institution, this resource offers professionals the opportunity to hear stories from people with similar experiences, discover the answers they need for recognizing and dealing with substance use disorder, and locate support.
EM Pulse Podcast: BulletPoints Project Series Part 2-Approach
In episode two of the EM Pulse Podcast, Dr. Barnhorst and the hosts discuss the Approach, the first component of the BulletPoints 3A's Framework for counseling about firearm injury prevention. Conversations with patients are more effective when clinicians use an informed, culturally-appropriate, respectful approach rooted in harm reduction.
BulletPoints: Our First 3 Years Infographic
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EM Pulse Podcast: BulletPoints Project Series Part 1-Blood On My Shoes
The first episode of the EM Pulse Podcast series on the BulletPoints Project features Dr. Amy Barnhorst covering the role of healthcare providers in preventing firearm injury and the work of our team here at BulletPoints.
Project Opal
Project Opal is the joining together of the National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline) and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) toward a bold vision for the future that can change the landscape for survivors. NCADV and The Hotline will pioneer uniting efforts to institute a national ecosystem of holistic and inclusive services, policy, education, and resources for survivors of domestic violence AND the advocates who work closely with them.
2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report
The report provides two decades of Veteran suicide information, from 2001 through 2020. The report also evaluates Veteran suicide during 2020, in the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing patterns of Veteran suicide and Veteran COVID-19 mortality over time and across Veteran subgroups.
Hold My Guns
Hold My Guns’ mission is to connect responsible firearm owners with voluntary, private off-site storage options, through our national network of partnering gun shops and FFLs, during times of mental health crisis or personal need.
Episode 14 – The Impact of Firearm Violence and Threats on Student Health
In the fourteenth episode of our webinar series, Robin Cogan covers the role school nurses have as healthcare providers charged with the responsibility of protecting students and faculty while fostering safe school environments and the most effective approaches and strategies to create safe and supportive school environments through comprehensive, coordinated efforts.
Continuing Education Course Video
The BulletPoints Project has launched a free online continuing education course to help medical and mental health providers reduce the risk of firearm violence in their patients.