Bullet Related Injury Clinic - The BRIC

The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC) is a community-based clinic in St. Louis that helps people heal after they have been injured, threatened, or lost a loved one to a bullet. The BRIC provides care, free of charge, for Bullet Related Injuries, including pain management, wound care, and trauma recovery for mental wellbeing.

The Bullet Related Injury Clinic was founded in November 2020 after a year-long process of community engagement with the St. Louis ecosystem of trauma care and violence prevention. It was founded, however, on a rich foundation of scholarship around the experience of trauma, training on injury care and recovery, and deep reflection on the critical gaps in care present within trauma care systems.

Services:

• Wound care and wound care supplies
• Pain management and supplements
• Management of bullets in the body including evaluation for superficial bullet removal
• Lead testing
• Physical function services including occupational therapy
• Spiritual care including grief support
• Mental wellbeing support including counseling and trauma therapy
• Play and Art therapy for youth
• Energy medicine including auricular acupuncture and reiki