TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - "Run, hide, fight," or "secure, preserve, fight": how should health care professionals and facilities respond to active shooter incidents?
JO  - Academic emergency medicine
A1  - Moskop, John C.
A1  - Schwab, Abraham P.
A1  - Kelly, Kristen M.
A1  - Ogedegbe, Chinwe
A1  - Vieira, Dorice L.
A1  - Milsten, Andrew
A1  - Giwa, Al O.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines an active shooter as "an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area".<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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1069-6563
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acem.13912
ID  - ref1
ER  -