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Standardized Child Passenger Safety Training Program Winter 2004

Basics of Injury Prevention

Objectives • Define injury • Describe significance of MVC injuries • Describe problem of misuse of CRSs • Explain relationship of injury prevention to CPS • Explain appropriate interventions in three phases of a crash

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Why Are We Here? • Traffic crashes are the leading cause of unintentional severe injuries & death. • Many of these deaths and injuries could have been prevented with proper restraint use. • Because we care and together we can make a difference.

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Defining Injury • Caused by the transfer of energy to tissues • Results from acute exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy • Can be unintentional or intentional damage

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Injury Prevention • Reducing the risk of injury • Methods not 100% effective • CRASHES are NOT ACCIDENTS!

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What is an injury? A) Incident where blood in involved B) Damage to the body resulting from energy transfer to the tissues C) Car crashes bringing pain to babies D) The misuse of prevention systems

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What is an injury? • • • •

Incident where blood in involved Damage to the body resulting from energy transfer to the tissues Car crashes bringing pain to babies The misuse of prevention systems

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Fatalities ... •Are just the tip of the iceberg •For every 1 death there are - 45 injuries requiring hospitalization and - 1100 other injuries requiring medical care

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Injury Facts • Unintentional injuries = leading cause of childhood deaths • MVC = 42 % of all unintentional injuryrelated deaths • 6 children killed………..each day in 2001 • 732 children injured……each day in 2001 • Annual cost of childhood MVC deaths/injuries = exceeds $ 36 billion Injury Prevention - 7

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Child Restraint Effectiveness • 71% effective in reducing deaths for infants • 54% for 1 to 4 year olds • Reduces the need for hospitalization by 69% Injury Prevention - 8

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CPS Issues • Nonuse = 40% • Misuse = at least 80% • Incompatibility • Effective dissemination of new information • Changing existing behavior patterns

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Misuse • National SAFE KIDS Campaign CPS Checkup events - February 2001 to May 2002. - 37,000+ child safety seats and vehicle safety belts

• Results: - 82% misuse overall - Average of three errors /

82% Mi suse

18% Correct Use

misused restraint

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What percentage of car seats are misused by the general public? A) B) C) D)

50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Over 80%

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What percentage of car seats are misused by the general public? • • •

50-60% 60-70% 70-80%

• Over 80%

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Phases of a Crash Human

Vehicle

Physical

SocioEconomic

Vision

Brakes

Road Conditions

Traffic Laws

Crash

Restraint Use

Vehicle Size

Guard Rails

Seat Belt Laws

PostCrash

Age

Fuel System

EMS

Training

Pre-Crash

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EMS response time and handling of a crash victim is a factor in which phase of a crash? A) B) C) D)

Pre-crash phase Crash phase Post-crash phase None of the crash phases

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EMS response time and handling of a crash victim is a factor in which phase of a crash? • •

Pre-crash phase Crash phase

• Post-crash phase •

None of the crash phases

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