National Trauma Awareness Month 2022

“Safe Surroundings: Preventing Violence and Promoting Peace Community by Community”

Once again, the American Trauma Society (ATS) and The Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) have come together in the development of the annual National Trauma Awareness Month (NTAM) campaign. With a documented rise in violence throughout our nation, the theme “Safe Surroundings“ is both timely and appropriate for our trauma centers to promote. Injury and Violence Prevention professionals from throughout nation have been responding to the rise in intentional injuries and deaths. Raising awareness and supporting violence prevention efforts is more important now than ever.  This year’s committee chose four areas to focus prevention efforts on including:

• Intimate Partner Violence
• Firearm Injury Prevention
• Mental Health Awareness
• Community Violence Intervention

This year, the ATS and STN have partnered to provide a month long webinar series, offering webinar every Tuesday in May at 1:00pm ET, starting on May 10, 2022. Learn more and register online below. 

May 10, 2022 at 1:00p.m. ET

Strategies in the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence

Presenters:
Kathy Franchek-Roa MD

       Associate Professor of Pediatrics
       University of Utah School of Medicine

       Marty Liccardo
               Community Engagement Specialist
       Utah Department of Health

       Registration Link:
       https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdOCupzkvGdQ6cUJJ_LcYGw4arwASVe6B

May 17, 2022 at 1:00p.m. ET
Firearm Injury Prevention: A National Overview

Presenter:
Ron Stewart, MD, FACS
      University of Texas San Antonio
      Trauma Prevention Coalition

      Registration Link:
      https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqc-qqrDovGtESYFvjcdBeVytXYJjgSd3x

May 24, 2022 at 1:00p.m. ET
Mental Health Awareness

Presenters:
Jessica George, MD Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas
      Erin Hall, PsyD, Geisinger Medical Center, Pennsylvania

      Registration Link:
      https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcuuprToqEt3oUp-2UOyGURmaS4NDoMTV

May 31, 2022 at 1:00p.m. ET
On the Frontlines of Community Violence

Presenter:
Lisa Allee, MSW, LICSW
      Director, Community Violence Response Team & Injury Prevention
      Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma
      Boston Medical Center

      Registration Link:
      https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsf-CvrzIpH9SKwBD5s6VwAFR2gDr2WlqP

Download the 2022 National Trauma Awareness Month logo here.

Download the 2022 National Trauma Awareness Month banner here. 

Download our National Trauma Survivors Day 2022 Toolkit here

If you have materials that you would like included in these resources, please contact ATS Member Services at 1-800-556-7890 or info@amtrauma.org