Audio & Video Library
Informational videos, presentations, podcasts, and conversations with experts in firearm injury prevention
Audio Episodes
Listen to a new series from the EM Pulse Podcast featuring our BulletPoints team with hosts Dr. Julia Magaña and Dr. Sarah Medeiros and guest host Dr. Jonathan Kohler.
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.
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.
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.
EM Pulse Podcast: BulletPoints Project Series Part 4-Act
In episode four of the EM Pulse Podcast, Dr. Barnhorst and the hosts discuss Act, the third component of the BulletPoints 3A's Framework. Dr. Barnhorst explains what physicians can do to help mitigate risk, including temporary transfer of firearms, psychiatric holds when appropriate, and “red flag” laws that allow for emergent removal of firearms in extremely high risk situations.
Explainer Videos
BulletPoints developed 2-minute explainer videos on various firearm injury prevention topics. This series was supported by the Hope and Heal Fund and Blue Shield of California Foundation.
Episode 4 - Safe Storage
The fourth episode presents the different ways to responsibly store firearms to support clinicians in having informed, individualized conversations with their patients and making appropriate harm reduction recommendations.
Episode 3 - How to Counsel
The third episode of the series highlights how to have informed and respectful conversations with patients about the risks of firearm access and how to reduce that risk.
Episode 2 - Firearm Injury and Death
The second episode of the series covers the epidemiology of firearm injury and death in the United States, including the demographic and geographic distribution of firearm-related harm.
Episode 1 - Firearm Ownership
The first explainer video of the series highlights the statistics and reasons of firearm ownership.
Webinar Series
BulletPoints hosts 20-minute talks on firearm injury prevention for clinicians. Listen to our recent webinars below.
Episode 14 – The Impact of Firearm Violence and Threats on Student Health
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.
Episode 13 - Voluntary Self-Prohibition: A Tool to Prevent Firearm Suicide
Bryan Barks provides an overview of voluntary self-prohibition laws as a promising new tool to prevent firearm suicide and discuss how and when clinicians can offer patients this tool in states where the law exists.
Episode 12 - The 3A's Framework for Reducing Firearm Injury
Dr. Amy Barnhorst introduces the 3A’s Framework, designed to guide clinicians through the process of identifying patients at risk for firearm-related harm and reducing their risk through appropriate interventions.
Episode 11 - The Role of Social Workers in Firearm Injury Prevention
Drs. Mickey Sperlich and Patricia Logan-Greene of University at Buffalo School of Social Work discuss the role of social workers in firearm injury prevention and tools and techniques social workers can utilize with their clients.
Episode 10 - Engaging Firearm Owners in Firearm Injury Prevention
Dr. Chris Knoepke, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, discusses his mixed-methods research engaging firearm-owning communities as central stakeholders in firearm injury prevention.
Episode 9 - Domestic Violence and Firearms
Lisa Geller, MPH, the State Affairs Manager at the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, discusses the intersection of firearms, mass shootings, and suicidality with domestic violence, and policy solutions.
Episode 8 - Firearm Policy
In the eighth episode of the series, Vicka Chaplin, MA, MPH, covers existing firearm policies, impacts of certain legislations, and why policy is important for public health.
Episode 7 - Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
In the seventh episode, Chevist Johnson, Nerisha Harris, and Esmeralda Huerta talk about their experience as Violence Intervention Specialists through the UC Davis Wraparound Trauma Prevention Program.
Episode 6 - Veteran Firearm Suicide
Dr. Brian Tate Guelzow, a suicide prevention psychologist at the San Francisco VA, joins BulletPoints for the sixth webinar to discuss firearm suicide among veterans.
Episode 5 - Dementia & Firearms
For the fifth webinar, Dr. Emmy Betz discusses what clinicians can do to help patients and families navigate the challenges associated with dementia and firearms.
Episode 4 - Guns 101 & Firearm Storage
In the fourth webinar, Jake Wiskerchen, MFT, lifelong gun owner, and board member of Walk the Talk America, presents the basics of firearms and ways to responsibly store them.
Episode 3 - Extreme Risk Protection Orders
For the third episode, Amanda Aubel and Dr. Amy Barnhorst discuss Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) and how these tools can help clinicians prevent firearm violence and suicide among their patients.
Episode 2 - Epidemiology of Firearm Violence
In the second episode of our series, Dr. Garen Wintemute discusses the epidemiology of firearm injury and death in the United States.
Episode 1 - What You Can Do
In the first episode of the webinar series, Rocco Pallin covers how to have informed and respectful conversations with patients about the risks of firearm access and how to reduce that risk.