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Learn how reducing access to firearms through safe storage, ERPOs, and other approaches can prevent suicides and help people in crisis find support.

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Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Course
Counseling on access to lethal means to prevent youth suicide
Take this online course on lethal means counseling to improve how you talk with young people and their families about safe gun storage and help prevent suicide.
For continuing education
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Identifying risk
Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Video
Identify youth suicide risk in three steps
Learn how to identify when patients aged 12 and older may be at risk of suicide, so you can help them get the support they need.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
Lethal means
Course
Counseling on access to lethal means
This two-hour course focuses on working with people at risk of suicide—and their families—to reduce access to lethal means such as firearms and medication.
Source: Zero Suicide at Education Development Center
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Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Video
What physicians need to know about ERPO laws
Watch a discussion featuring Katherine Hoops, MD, MPH and Spencer Cantrell, JD from Johns Hopkins University, on how Extreme Risk Protection Orders and similar laws can help protect patients from firearm injuries.
Source: American Medical Association
Firearms 101
Lethal means
Resource Collection
Firearm injury prevention resources
Guidance for Washington state residents interested in preventing firearm violence, including a map of temporary safe storage options.
Source: University of Washington Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program
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Conversation starters
Lethal means
Guide
Lethal means safety toolkit
Access counseling training and resources for reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms, to prevent suicide.
Source: Zero Suicide at Education Development Center
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Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Video
Forefront Suicide Prevention videos
Watch webinars and trainings that encourage a public health approach to suicide prevention, including lethal means safety.
Source: University of Washington Forefront Suicide Prevention
White gentleman leaning over the counter looking at the gun selection at a gun shop
Firearms 101
Conversation starters
Identifying risk
Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Resource Collection
Firearm injury prevention initiative
Learn how Colorado physicians are collaborating with community members to find innovative approaches to firearm injury prevention.
Source: University of Colorado, Department of Emergency Medicine
Close-up of white male holding a rifle gun at a booth for the firearm injury prevention initative at the University of Colorado
Identifying risk
Lethal means
Interactive
Lock to live
This online tool provides guidance for securing firearms and other dangerous household items when a loved one is at risk of suicide.
Source: The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Safe with a gun inside of it with a person holding the lock from the outside
Conversation starters
Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Guide
Firearm safe storage talking points for facilities
Tips for having respectful conversations with patients about reducing access to firearms when someone is in crisis.
Source: Intermountain Health
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