Teaching Bleeding Control and Building Trust With a Community Affected by Firearm Injuries

Kathryn M Stadeli; Farah B Mohamed; Lauren L Agoubi; Abdifatah Dahiye; Elina Serrano; Maymuna Haji-Eda; Monica S Vavilala

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.3372

Teaching Bleeding Control and Building Trust With a Community Affected by Firearm Injuries

JAMA Surg. 2024 Nov 1;159(11):1324-1326. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.3372.

Authors

Kathryn M Stadeli^{1

2

3}, Farah B Mohamed^{4

5

6}, Lauren L Agoubi^{2

3}, Abdifatah Dahiye⁶, Elina Serrano², Maymuna Haji-Eda⁶, Monica S Vavilala^{3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento.
² Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle.
³ Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁵ Seattle and King County Public Health, Seattle, Washington.
⁶ Somali Health Board, Seattle, Washington.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle.

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Plain language summary

This survey study evaluates a program for increasing bystander bleeding control skills, improving self-efficacy for bleeding control, and building trust between community participants and first responders in a Somali community in the US affected by firearm-related deaths.