Injury Prevention
All members of the GCRAC have a commitment to injury prevention. The Injury Prevention Committee uses area, regional and state-wide data to determine injury prevention education and outreach needs. Data that has been obtained from the State Trauma Registry indicates that the top mechanisms of injury in Trauma Service Area S are Falls and Motor Vehicle Crashes. Based upon those needs, the committee makes recommendations for injury prevention projects as well as plans, organizes and conducts injury prevention educational opportunities and outreach events.
Please contact Holly Smith, LVN, Chairman of GCRAC Injury Prevention Committee, for more information: 361-788-6685
GCRAC Injury Prevention Initiatives:
Fall Prevention Program:
Fall Prevention Power Point: gcrac-fall-prevention-education
Home Safety Checklist: fall-prevention-home-safety-checklist
Program Evaluation Form: elderly-falls-program-evaluation-form
Fall Prevention Brochure (need MS Publisher): gcrac-preventing-falls-at-home
ATV Safety Program:
ATV Safety Power Point: gcrac-atv-power-point
ATV Safety Poster (from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons & Orthopaedic Trauma Association): 2007_atv_4c_6875x10
ATV Safety Brochure (need MS Publisher): atv-safety-brochure
ATV Safety Video (from Arkansas Children’s Hospital): atv_spot_1
US Government Accountability Office report to Congressional Committees on ATV’s: atv
Program Evaluation Form: atv-program-evaluation-form
Distracted Driving Program:
Distracted Driver Power Point: distractive-driver-power-point
Distracted Driver Poster (need MS Publisher): distracted-driver-poster
Distracted Driver Brochure (need MS Publisher): distracted-driver-brochure
TXDOT Distracted Driving Poster (18-wheeler English): eighteen
TXDOT Distracted Driving Poster (18-wheeler Spanish): eighteen_span
TXDOT Distracted Driving Poster (Motorcycle English): motorcycle
National Safety Council Poster (Pull Over and Park): poster_pulloverandpark
Program Evaluation Form: distracted-driving-program-evaluation-form
Heat Stress Educational Information:
Heat Stress: different-types-of-heat-stress
Injury Prevention Resources:
Safetylit Organization: http://www.safetylit.org/archive.htm
ATV Injury Prevention Tips: injury-prev-atv_tips
Kids and Cars Brochure: injury-prev-kids-and-cars
Trauma.Org: http://www.trauma.org/archive/injury/index.html
American College of Surgeons: http://www.facs.org/trauma/injmenu.html
Emergency Nurses Association: http://www.ena.org/ipinstitute/
GETAC Injury Prevention Subcommittee Page: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/emstraumasystems/injurypreventioncommittee.shtm