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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP

@TylerLennonMD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow in Chicago. Advocate for children and injury prevention. Father/Husband. #Tweetiatrician. Tweets are my own views.

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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Using @NEMSISTAC data, we found that #EMS encounters for youth opioid #overdose increased at pandemic onset, and have since remained elevated above pre-pandemic levels. Our latest, published in @JAMA_current @therealMikeToce @jen_hoffmann1 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Congratulations to @jen_hoffmann1 as the recipient of the 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine (SOEM) Jane Knapp Emerging PEM Leader Award. This award was created to recognize the contributions and potential emerging physician leaders in PEM.

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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

While we're on the topic of protecting the littles in our lives: Remember to vote for candidates that support common sense firearm laws in our upcoming elections!


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

We start the 2024 @bucks playoff fight to the @NBA Championship with Zuza inspiring us to fight through adversity as she battles AML in our @maccfund center @childrenswi @MedicalCollege! Zuza screams GO BUCKS & asks that we make @FiservForum louder than a @taylorswift13 concert!

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Credit to @samaakemal for leading this work and @jen_hoffmann1 as senior mentor.

Promotion of safe firearm storage through lethal means counseling can help 📉 suicide risk. This #Pediatrics study by @TylerLennonMD & team aimed to 📈 documentation of firearm access & storage among children with suicidal ideation or self-injury: bit.ly/3VfI5ZD

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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Congratulations to Drs. @samaakemal, @TylerLennonMD, @jcorboy, & @jen_hoffmann1 and team on their recent publication in @aap_peds! 🌟They found the modification of note templates facilitated ⬆️ documentation of #firearm access & storage practices for children with SI in the ED


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

🧵THREAD: This is a great look at Baltimore’s work to reduce gun violence. This isn’t about dividing us with our sister city to the south, but it’s important to talk about what’s working here in Baltimore. (1/4)


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Our newest Voices of Child Health report found that fewer than 4 in 10 parents have asked another parent about the presence of a firearm in the home. Most Illinois parents do not ask about firearms in the home. Read more here: luriechildrens.org/en/voices-of-c…

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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Due to decades without federal funding for pediatric firearm injury prevention research, "we’ve lost a whole generation of researchers. We need to start from scratch and entirely rebuild the research workforce." I'm quoted by @CNN cnn.com/2024/02/07/hea… @LuriePEM @ManneResearch


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

My name is Kristin Song. On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months. At the hospital, the ER doctor slid…

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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

The #1 killer of children in the U.S. is gun violence. Thoughts & prayers are meaningless when you can act. Content Warning: drowning, death.


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

More great news as the U.S. Supreme Court leaves the IL Assault Weapon Ban (Protect Illinois Communities Act) in place! @MomsDemand @Everytown @GIFFORDS_org @bradybuzz Not the end of the road, but more gun violence will be prevented. npr.org/2023/12/14/121…


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

📚 New study by our team @CornersResearch just published at @PNASNews: @ChicagoCred a Community Gun Violence Reduction program in that works at reducing #GunViolence in Chicago. 🧵


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Hoffman on winning the inaugural AAP Section on Emergency Medicine Dr. Joseph Wright Abstract Award in Advocacy @AAPexperience @LuriePEM @LurieChildrens

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Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

It’s time to again ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. And let me be very clear: If members of Congress refuse to act, then we need to elect new members of Congress who will act.


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Victory for common sense and for public safety! Weapons of war have no place in our community. Our work is not done, but I'm proud of IL as we push forward to end gun violence. @MomsDemand chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/…


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

We reviewed the complex relationship between mental health and violence in children and adolescents in this month's issue of Pediatric Clinics and North America. @samaakemal @AdaobiNwabuo authors.elsevier.com/a/1hYjo78tM-lir Some key points ⬇️ 🧵1/4


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

Keeping firearms away from kids who at increased suicide risk is essential to keeping them safe. We show that these teens actually have increased firearm access compared to their peers. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art… #LethalMeansSafety


Tyler Lennon, MD, MPH, FAAP Reposted

This week’s most viewed article: Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States nej.md/3Ez4ire #GunViolence

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