"Injury Prevention Is Everyone's Business"

 

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National Trauma Awareness Month 2024

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"Injury Prevention Is Everyone's Business"

 

National Trauma Awareness Month is an annual campaign dedicated to promoting injury prevention and safety practices, with the help of members from the Trauma Prevention Coalition (TPC), this year's theme is "Injury Prevention Is Everyone's Business." Given the documented increase in trauma-related injuries nationwide, the theme "Trauma Is Everyone's Business" is timely and fitting for our trauma centers to advocate. This month-long initiative aims to engage individuals, communities, and organizations in efforts to reduce the incidence of injuries and mitigate their impact.  Raising awareness and supporting prevention efforts is more important now than ever.  This year’s committee chose four areas to focus prevention efforts on, including how they have brought solutions to IVP community issues. 

• Programs: existing injury and violence prevention programs and best practices.
• Partnerships: sharing successful partnerships and exploring new partnerships utilized in the delivery of injury and violence prevention programs.
• Policies: exploring model public policies focused on injury and violence prevention.
• Populations: uncovering the populations we serve and need to serve moving forward in our injury and violence prevention work. 
  

This year, the ATS and TPC have partnered to provide a toolkit with resources for each of our focus areas, in addition, to multiple webinars throughout the month of May. Learn more and register online below.

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NTAM Webinars

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May 9, 2024 at 12:00p.m. ET

Falls, Fender-Benders, and Firearms: Leveraging Safety Programs that Work

Presenters:

Taylor Bee, MPH, CPH, and Highway Safety Specialist at NHTSA

Chief Victor Brito 

Max Sevareid Office of Emergency Medical Services at USDOT NHTSA

        Rita Wong, PT, Ed.D., FAPTA

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May 14, 2024 at 1:00p.m. ET

Safer Roads, Stronger Communities: Policy Advocacy for Injury Prevention Professionals

Presenters:
Erin LaFarge the Director of Safety Policy NYC DOT Vision Zero
Anna Zendt from the City of El Paso, Safe Routes to School and Complete Streets Policy

      

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May 21, 2024 at 1:00p.m. ET

Understanding the Intersection of Injury Prevention and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

Presenter:

Kayla Anderson, PhD

 

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May 29, 2024 at 1:00p.m. ET

Six Degrees of Cooperation

 

Presenter:

Karen Macauley, DHA, MEd, BSN TCRN

 

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National Trauma Survivors Day 2024

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We also encourage trauma centers to have a Trauma Survivors Day to reunite patients and families who have been served by the trauma center.

Visit the TSN web site for the materials to plan the celebration. Click on “Get Involved”, and then National Trauma Survivors Day.

Download our National Trauma Survivors Day 2024 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