Emergency Public Health is a concept recognizing emergencies for opportunities for prevention, intervention and preparation.
Emergencies on an individual basis are often unpredictable. However, when the data is examined for large numbers of emergencies, patterns evolve: as many as forty percent of emergency room visits involve injuries, in many areas motor vehicle crashes are the single largest cause of ambulance transports, chest pain, heart attacks and strokes happen in large numbers. These entities and many others lend themselves to prevention, intervention and planning as well as linkage to emergency preparedness. The best way to prepare for an emergency is to prevent it.
Below see registration for the 3rd NH Safe Driving Summit for October 27th
Emergency Medical Services and Public Health Intersection
Injury Prevention for EMS Presentation April 22 Northeast Transportation Safety Conference Portland Maine: Argument for EMS and Fire in Injury Prevention. Click to see presentation.
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News
Third New Hampshire Safe Driving Summit October 27th 2005 Merrimack Hotel and Conference Center Registration: 2004 was the deadliest year on NH Roadways in 15 years. Come learn about the High
Core Disaster Life Support Training November 5th Southern NH Medical Center
NEW ENHANCED EMS INJURY PREVENTION REPORT MARCH 2005
The Enhanced EMS Injury Prevention Program was undertaken to assess the ability to attract Emergency Medical Services and Fire Professionals to injury prevention training, to assess the potential role of the NHTSA Public Information Education and Relations for EMS Injury Prevention Module 1 as a tool for EMS Injury Prevention training and finally to assess the ability of EMS/Fire personnel to utilize the training in the development of community based traffic safety based injury prevention projects.
Emergency Infectious Disease Response
In smallpox planning and in the potential response to other biological threats, natural or deliberate it is apparent that there is a need for increased vaccination/distribution capability. The utility of EMS providers as part of an expanded vaccination response workforce has been demonstrated in several areas, most notably in the report in Prehospital Emergency Care January-February 2003 of the MEDVACS Program in Pennsylvania.
Posters from Enhanced EMS Injury Prevention Pilot Enhanced EMS Posters 2004
Pre-hospital Data Collection Approval Click Here
Resources:
New Hampshire Safe Driving Summit December 9th 2004:New Hampshire Safe Driving Summit
Intersections
New Hampshire Intersections Meeting Draft Minutes January 18 2005 Intersections Meeting of January 18 2005
New Hampshire Intersections Meeting Notes February 15th 2005 New Hampshire Intersections Meeting Notes February 15th
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Announcements
Falls are the leading cause of serious trauma in New Hampshire
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Rapid Health Response to Tsunami
Public Health Consequences from Hazardous Substances Acutely Released During Rail Transit
Basic Disaster Life Support Course April 16th Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua New Hampshire
Book and Reference Reviews
If you are looking to see the impact of a catastrophic epidemic would be for the world as well as the local community, The Great Influenza provides food for thought. The Great Influenza traces an in-depth description of the Influenza epidemic of 1918 from its onset through the many scientific explorations that sought to understand, contain and cure. The horrendous impact in 1918 provides a background for current preparation for influenza pandemics, the current avian influenza concerns and bioterrorism. In fact, I recommend this book for those involved in planning and training for biologic threats. The detail provides a foundation that could serve well in designing realistic drills that are based upon historical fact. The Great Influenza is one threat that is real that few, if any, diabolical fictional threats could match. Those dealing with real and potential emergency public health threats should add this to your library.
Pictures from the Second Safe Driving Summit:
EMS Public Health Survey 2002 what do EMS Providers think about public health?
Bioterrorism of the Common Kind understand the everyday threats such as the flu and the opportunity to exercise bioterrorism preparedness principles and improve local public health readiness in everyday practice.
Driving and Public Health Page reducing traffic fatalities is one of the great public health and public safety success stories. Learn what has been done, work currently underway and the many future opportunities.
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