Posted on Jun 28, 2023
Kansas City medical students train for the inevitability of gun violence — and the trauma it...
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The doctors, surgeons and psychologists of the Kansas City metro often see the worst parts of the area's growing problem with gun violence. Several of them are attempting to better prepare the medical students who work alongside them for the reality of dealing with this public health crisis on a day-to-day basis.
On March 24, 2018, Dr. Ed Kraemer, a family physician and professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City’s School of Medicine, stood on the steps of city hall in Lee’s Summit.
Dozens of residents had gathered for one of the hundreds of March for Our Lives rallies that took place across the United States that day.
As he prepared to speak to the crowd, he held a letter from the now-former president of the American Medical Association, David Barbe, that he and many other doctors had received the day after a shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school killed 17 students and teachers.
On March 24, 2018, Dr. Ed Kraemer, a family physician and professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City’s School of Medicine, stood on the steps of city hall in Lee’s Summit.
Dozens of residents had gathered for one of the hundreds of March for Our Lives rallies that took place across the United States that day.
As he prepared to speak to the crowd, he held a letter from the now-former president of the American Medical Association, David Barbe, that he and many other doctors had received the day after a shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school killed 17 students and teachers.
Kansas City medical students train for the inevitability of gun violence — and the trauma it...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Moncure hopes that by teaching medical students to mitigate this initial potential for further trauma, they can improve medical care while also making patients more receptive to post-care prevention efforts.
“Just patching people up and putting them back out is not going to solve any problems,” Moncure explained. “It's not going to do anything for our country or community. It's just going to scar this next generation.”
Moncure is trying to expand his students’ education on resources outside the operating room by exposing them to anti-violence groups like Kansas City’s Aim4Peace.
So far, he’s been impressed with the next generation of physicians’ efforts to work toward solutions. Many students in the med school’s program are already engaged in student-led gun violence prevention groups like Students Demand Action.
“They want to seek out that information,” Moncure said. “They really wanna learn how to make their society safer.”
..."Moncure hopes that by teaching medical students to mitigate this initial potential for further trauma, they can improve medical care while also making patients more receptive to post-care prevention efforts.
“Just patching people up and putting them back out is not going to solve any problems,” Moncure explained. “It's not going to do anything for our country or community. It's just going to scar this next generation.”
Moncure is trying to expand his students’ education on resources outside the operating room by exposing them to anti-violence groups like Kansas City’s Aim4Peace.
So far, he’s been impressed with the next generation of physicians’ efforts to work toward solutions. Many students in the med school’s program are already engaged in student-led gun violence prevention groups like Students Demand Action.
“They want to seek out that information,” Moncure said. “They really wanna learn how to make their society safer.”
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I found it disconcerting that my family practice doc asked me about firearms in my home. The fact she is a doctor is unimportant. IMHO someone that really doesn’t know anything about firearms is going to attempt to lecture me on firearms safety. Sorry, that does not compute.
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CPO David R. D.
IMHO, it's none of the doctor's business as to what firearms are kept in a family's home. It's the governments' way of making another list to see where their threat is.
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Taken from the article:
The most recently available data shows that nearly 49,000 people were killed by gun-related injuries in 2021. Of those deaths, 43% were listed as homicides and 54% were listed as suicide.
Looks like the legal system needs to crack down on criminals. As for the suicide rate, I can't tell you how many times I've sat through training, with hundreds of other Sailors identifying and providing help for those that may be mentally unstable. I don't know what the statistics are, but I do understand that most suicide victims don't really want to end their lives, they just don't know how to keep living in their current condition. Definitely very sad. Don't get me wrong, I have multiple family members, blood related and related by marriage on my wife's side that have committed suicide. The beast has definitely hit close to home. No family is immune to this mental crisis.
The most recently available data shows that nearly 49,000 people were killed by gun-related injuries in 2021. Of those deaths, 43% were listed as homicides and 54% were listed as suicide.
Looks like the legal system needs to crack down on criminals. As for the suicide rate, I can't tell you how many times I've sat through training, with hundreds of other Sailors identifying and providing help for those that may be mentally unstable. I don't know what the statistics are, but I do understand that most suicide victims don't really want to end their lives, they just don't know how to keep living in their current condition. Definitely very sad. Don't get me wrong, I have multiple family members, blood related and related by marriage on my wife's side that have committed suicide. The beast has definitely hit close to home. No family is immune to this mental crisis.
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MSG Thomas Currie
Maybe more states should outlaw suicide -- that would eliminate more than half of all firearms-related deaths -- because obviously more laws are always the answer.
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