Injury Prevention Web Links
Trauma Prevention Speed cameras near schools and parks can be a valuable tool in reducing pedestrian accidents Trauma care providers are among the first to encounter the aftermath of pedestrian-automobile accidents resulting in injuries to children. In the U.S., that mode of injury is the second leading cause of injury-related death for children between the ages of five and fourteen. In this video, Deborah Loeff, MD, FACS, a pediatric trauma surgeon at Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago, discusses the importance of reducing pedestrian accidents among children by installation of speed cameras near schools and parks in Chicago. (Video courtesy of the University of Chicago) |
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
http://www.aast.org/prevent.html
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
http://www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html
American Burn Association
http://www.ameriburn.org
American College of Physicians Tips to Detect and Treat Depression in Older Patients
http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/dec03/depression.htm
American Trauma Society
http://www.amtrauma.org
Children's Safety Network
http://www.edc.org/HHD/csn/
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
http://www.east.org
Harborview Injury Prevention and Resource Center
http://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/
Injury Control Resource Information Network
http://www.injurycontrol.com/icrin/
Injury Prevention Web
http://www.injurypreventionweb.org
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
http://www.hwysafety.org
Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
http://www.jhsph.edu/gunpolicy
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers/CIRP/contents.htm
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
http://www.kiprc.uky.edu
National Athletic Trainers Association
http://www.nata.org
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
National Pediatric Trauma Registry
http://www.nemc.org/rehab/nptrhome.htm
National Program for Playground Safety
http://www.uni.edu/playground/
National Safe Kids Campaign
http://www.safekids.org
NEISS All Injury Program and NEISS Firearm Injury Data Release
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-SERIES/00198.xml
Orthopaedic Trauma Association
http://www.ota.org
Pacific Center for Violence Prevention
http://www.pcvp.org
SafetyLit
http://www.safetylit.org/
San Francisco Injury Center (UCSF)
http://www.surgery.ucsf.edu/sfic/
Trauma Foundation at San Francisco General Hospital
http://www.tf.org
United States Consumer Products Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov
University of Iowa Injury Prevention and Research Center
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/IPRC/
Revised November 11, 2011