47. Jane Bridges MD - “Docs and Cops” Gun Safety Training for Physicians

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A key component to preventing burnout in healthcare professionals is to engage in fun educational social events. It provides an excellent opportunity for older and newer physicians to interact, as well as encourage residents to stay in medicine after their residency.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With her experience in physician wellness and social planning, Dr. Jane Bridges, a diabetologist at Good Samaritan, in Vincennes, Indiana, came up with a program called “Docs and Cops”. This is a yearly event that provides training on gun education, gun safety at home and in the workplace, and wound care techniques. Both doctors and police officers eagerly await this gathering, which gives them the opportunity to be out in nature, enjoy shooting, and most importantly, be informed and prepared because the number of gun violence cases is on the rise.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a gun enthusiast herself, Dr. Bridges wants to give physicians and the public a different perspective on guns, not only as a means of self-defense but also as a form of sport.</span></p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s just great being out in nature and shooting guns and doing something in an organized, controlled way, an educational way. The gun isn’t bad. It’s whoever is having the gun.” - Jane Bridges MD</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(02:15) How the program "Docs and Cops" was conceived</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(05:33) Gun education and gun safety at home and in the workplace<br /></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(08:18) Nurses' wound care training and stopping bleeding<br /></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(12:21) Using the phone app Guard911 for sending distress signal<br /></span></li> <li><span st