General Discussion

I spent 45 years as a peds NP. Few things are as infuriating as this kind of preventable death.

I always asked about access to weapons when I did well child visits, and further advised parents to ask the parents of their children's friends the same question so they might diminish the chance of getting a phone call nobody wants. Quite commonly, a parent's eyes would widen in shock at this suggestion, and they'd say, in horror, "Oh my God, I never thought about that!"