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We are U.S. physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals dedicated to eliminating the American firearm violence epidemic through research, education, and evidence-based policy. Visit us at standsafe.org for more information. Also offering CME credits

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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Check out our SAFE Speaker Bureau, nation-wide experts on gun violence prevention research who are willing to come speak at SAFE chapter events. Interested in hosting a speaker at your chapter? Register here: forms.gle/2EZbE4ZBa6ov... www.standsafe.org/safe-speaker...
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SAFE Speaker Bureau — SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
SAFE Board Member Dr. Brian H. Williams discusses youth firearm suicide in op-ed in Medpage Today. Click the link below! www.standsafe.org/updates/2025...
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SAFE Board Member Discusses Youth Firearm Suicide — SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Make firearm injury prevention education a priority at every United States medical school. Make a donation to SAFE today. www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
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Donate to Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic, Inc.
Help support Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic, Inc. by donating or sharing with your friends.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Congratulations to those who participated in their medical school's White Coat Ceremony! And thank you for all you will do to prevent firearm injuries in your future patients by promoting secure firearm storage. Learn how here!https://www.standsafe.org/safe-clinicians-firearms
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Clinicians & Firearms — SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
SAFE is pleased to announce our new Education on Policy Initiative! The goal of this initiative is to provide education to healthcare providers on firearm injury prevention policy focusing on state law and policy. Click the link to explore the webpage! www.standsafe.org/supporting-e...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Don't forget to register for Stand SAFE Fall 2025 event on September 9th with Dr. Brian H. Williams, who will share the critical shift from federal to state policies in firearm injury prevention work. zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Are you a healthcare provider who wants to learn more about secure storage practices? Click here to check out our clinician resources: www.standsafe.org/resources-fo...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Make firearm injury prevention education a priority at every United States medical school. Make a donation to SAFE today. www.paypal.com/donate/hoste...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This September, we are honored to host Dr. Brian H. Williams, an Air Force veteran, trauma surgeon, former congressional health policy advisor, and recent candidate for US Congress in Dallas.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
SAFE Co-Founder Dr. Sarabeth Spitzer Discusses Treating Firearm Inflicted Injuries in an Episode of "Back to School Shootings" Podcast — SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic www.standsafe.org/updates/2025...
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SAFE Co-Founder Discusses Treating Firearm Inflicted Injuries in Podcast — SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A shoutout to Washington as a recent study shows the percentage of adults reporting secure storage of household firearms increased from 2013 to 2022. Let's keep it up! www.khq.com/news/study-s...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Access to firearms increases suicide rates among physicians as well. SAFE's work to strengthen secure storage education will reduce firearm injuries and death. Check out the study below! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40521337/
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Suicide among physicians and the role of firearms in the USA: a cross-sectional study - PubMed
Physicians in high gun states have higher suicide rates than physicians in low gun states, because of their higher rates of firearm suicide. This evidence may support suicide prevention efforts in add...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"""The only friend I had was my gun”: A mixed-methods study of gun culture in school shootings
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Want to know where our SAFE medical school chapters are? Visit our website standsafe.org to learn more!
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SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Freedom Jones works with communities in Baltimore to stop gun violence. Watch Freedom's story to learn more about how one small intervention can make a big difference at wapo.st/no1videos. www.washingtonpost.com/creativegrou...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Congratulations to Ariana Ali on her appointment to SAFE National Board! Ariana is an MS3 at The George Washington University SoM. After surviving the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, she became a passionate advocate for firearm injury prevention through her own nonprofit.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Congratulations to all incoming medical students for recieving their white coats. We are confident that you will do great things and change the world! news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Check out John Hopkins' research on firearm purchaser licensing laws that will inform state policy solutions. publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Gun injuries are the number one killer of children and teens in the U.S. — but they don't have to be. Brendan Campbell isn't just a gun owner and a parent — he's also a pediatric surgeon who regularly operates on children and teens with gunshot wounds. Watch his story at wapo.st/no1videos.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Check out this article! www.thetrace.org/2025/07/medi...
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Most Medical Schools Don't Require Gun Violence Prevention Training. This Group Wants to Change That.
Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic has an ambitious plan to teach future doctors about gun violence prevention.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
If you are a medical student or healthcare provider, check out this free online Stanford Med course that covers basic firearm terminology, and what we can do in the healthcare setting to prevent firearm injury for our patients. Available for CME credit. mededucation.stanford.edu/courses/phys...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Wishing everyone a safe and happy July 4th! Let's make this July 4th safe for everyone by practicing safe firearm storage and avoiding celebratory gunfire. Check out this link to learn more about safe storage. www.bulletpointsproject.org/safe-firearm...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
In observation of the holiday, we are remembering the innocent lives lost to firearm related injuries. Help us keep our neighborhoods safe by securing firearms to prevent harm.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Wishing a huge congratulations to all the new doctors kicking off residency this month — here’s to the start of an incredible chapter filled with learning, resilience, and impact.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Important news for our work to keep children safe from firearm injuries. A study from JAMA Pediatrics compares states with permissive gun laws vs. strict regulations. The states with tougher rules did not see a rise in gun deaths among children and teens. Read in NPR: apple.news/AMgxDcUEAQgS...
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Guns are the leading cause of death of kids and teens, and state laws matter — NPR
A study from JAMA Pediatrics compares states that have permissive gun laws with others that have strict regulations. The states with tougher rules did not see a rise in gun deaths among children and t...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
On Sept 9, 2025 SAFE will hold its semi-annual event - StandSAFE at 8 PM EST/ 5 PM PST. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
You are invited to MCW in Milwaukee, WI, on Friday, Oct 17 @ 5 PM through Saturday, Oct 18, 3 PM, to participate in an in-person workshop for developing medical school curriculum related to firearm injury prevention. forms.gle/iHNCkNgavGeL...
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Invitation to a Collaborative Workshop on Firearm Injury Prevention Curriculum
You are invited to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday, October 17 at 5 PM through Saturday, October 18, ending at 3 PM, to participate in an in-person workshop to collaborate on developing medical school...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Check out this 90 min CME course aimed to bridge the gap in medical education to address gun violence as a public health epidemic. This self-paced course has four modules: Firearm Epidemiology, Firearm Basics, Providers and Firearms + Resources for Clinicians. stanford.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Apply to Serve on first SAFE National Student Team! Visit standSAFE.org to learn more...
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SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic
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Illinois Alliance to Prevent Gun Violence @illinoisallies.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We are thrilled to announce SAFE: Scrubs Addressing the Firearms Epidemic as a new National Partner! SAFE works to incorporate gun violence prevention into the curriculum of medical schools, to maximize the use of gun safes and to promote GVP policy! Welcome! @standsafe.bsky.social
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Please, No More Shooting Victims in My OR - — Defunding community violence intervention programs will have deadly consequences - by Brian H. Williams, MDMay 10, 2025 • 4 min read www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Please, No More Shooting Victims in My OR
Defunding community violence intervention programs will have deadly consequences
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"The multifaceted nature of gun violence demands diverse solutions, and lowering the age for handgun carry, as HB 2470 proposes, is definitely not one of them." - Dr. Brian H. Williams in the @dallasmorningnews.bsky.social apple.news/AA2YH8ZlETV-...
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Opinion: Lowering age to purchase a gun in Texas is a lethal mistake — The Dallas Morning News
Legislature is considering a bill that would lower the legal age for handgun possession.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Boosting--Please register for tomorrow's session!
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Register for the next session in our 6-part series on secure storage advocacy education. Noon Central Time - Monday, April 21, join SAFE's Dr. Brian H. Williams, @giffords.org @seanholihan.bsky.social @waveedfund.bsky.social @nickmatuszewski.bsky.social Learn more & register zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
We want to showcase your SAFE chapter activities! Tag us, DM us, or email info@standsafe.org with photos and details of the amazing things you all are doing!
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Interested in starting a SAFE chapter at your undergraduate school? Find more details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The BulletPoints Project @bulletptsproj.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Want to learn more about clinical firearm injury prevention and earn CE credit? Register today for our free, on-demand continuing education course for medical and mental health providers, Preventing Firearm Injury: What Clinicians Can Do: continuingeducation.bulletpointsproject.org/courses/prev...
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Preventing Firearm Injury: What Clinicians Can Do - BPP CEU
This course focuses on several areas where clinicians can help reduce the risk of firearm-related injury and death, including suicide, dementia, intimate partner violence, unintentional injury, and ma...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The @bulletptsproj.bsky.social is doing great work in firearm injury prevention! We admire work. Love, SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social
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End Family Fire @endfamilyfire.org · 25/03/2025
Safe firearm storage isn’t just a precaution; it’s a lifesaving measure. Lock guns, unload them, and keep ammunition separate to ensure a safe environment for family and friends.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 25/03/2025
The onus is on ADULTS to ensure children and teens don't gain access to guns. #BeSMART: Assume children and teens can find guns and store them unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Interested in being part of SAFE's national gun lock and safe distribution project? SAFE will be providing a roadmap for chapters to partner with community orgs and hospital based violence intervention programs to procure safes and locks and distribute them to pediatric/family practice clinics.
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
TODAY, March 11, SAFE will hold its semi-annual event at 8 PM Eastern Time/ 5 PM Pacific. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
ONE WEEK AWAY! SAFE is co-hosting a series of in-person collaborative workshops for Firearm Injury Prevention Education Curriculum in 2025-2027. For more information: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The virtual 2025 Translational Science Day symposium with the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute is 1 month away! Register and attend for free: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
SAFE is working on three big projects in 2025: 1. SAFE is co-hosting a series of in-person collaborative workshops for Firearm Injury Prevention Education Curriculum in 2025-2027.
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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Kicking off our advocacy mini-series with @annayap.bsky.social! What happens when EM docs get fed up with unsafe working conditions that threaten patient care? They fight back and unionize. #MedSky #EMedSky
Promo graphic for EM Pulse Podcast episode. Tea figures surround the outside of the image with their head and hands reaching inward toward the title: “From Trauma Bay to Picket Line”.
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Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO @fumikochino.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"the silencing of science and health-related communications through suppression or erasure of information, and the corresponding silence by many in the fields of biomedicine and public health, deserve special consideration." "The free exchange of ideas is essential to scientific progress" @jama.com
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Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public
In the first month of the new administration responsible for leading the US, the executive branch has issued a flurry of orders, including ones associated with the dismissal or resignation of tens of ...
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🚨Texas measles outbreak nears 100 cases, w/16 hospitalizations. Officials suspect it's spilled just across the border to New Mexico. Low vax rates+undetected infections mean it will grow. “This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better” My latest kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread - KFF Health News
Health officials expect a measles outbreak in West Texas to exceed 100 cases because of low vaccination rates and undetected infections. Vaccine misinformation and new laws may make such situations mo...
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SAFE @standsafe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
James Bigham, MD, MPH is a Clinical Professor in the Dept of FamMed and Community Health at the UoW SOM & PH. He spoke on a podcast recently called Walk the Talk America on cultural awareness when engaging patients in discussions on firearm injury prevention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmvW...
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Live with James Bigham, MD, MPH
YouTube video by Walk The Talk America
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