Firearm Safety RCT | Bi-Plane Ultrasounds

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 9-13, 2023.

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Tuesday Spoon Feed:

Children who viewed a 1-minute firearm safety video* exhibited safer behaviors around inert firearms staged in a playroom. With firearm-related deaths overtaking motor vehicles as the leading cause of US minor deaths, introducing children to firearm safety shows promise in addressing one dimension of this public health crisis.

Wednesday Spoon Feed:

In a small, randomized trial, placing an ultrasound-guided central venous catheter (CVC) using 2 planes simultaneously was more likely to be successful on the first attempt and performed more quickly. Both groups had a 100% procedural success rate.