@article{ref1,
title=""Run, hide, fight," or "secure, preserve, fight": how should health care professionals and facilities respond to active shooter incidents?",
journal="Academic emergency medicine",
year="2019",
author="Moskop, John C. and Schwab, Abraham P. and Kelly, Kristen M. and Ogedegbe, Chinwe and Vieira, Dorice L. and Milsten, Andrew and Giwa, Al O.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines an active shooter as &quot;an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area&quot;.<sup>1</sup> A study of newspaper articles and press releases identified 154 active shooter incidents (ASIs) in hospitals in the United States in the 12-year period 2000-2011.<sup>2</sup> ASIs were more common in larger hospitals, with 29% taking place in the emergency department (ED) and 19% in patient rooms. In 50% of the ASIs in an ED, the perpetrator used a security officer's gun.<br><br>© 2019 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1069-6563",
doi="10.1111/acem.13912",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acem.13912"
}