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Injury Prevention and Control Peter L. Lane, MD, FRCPC. Introduction. Prevention and Control Accident? An injury story Taxonomy of Injury Control Case studies. Prevention and Control. Unlike smallpox
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Injury Prevention and ControlPeter L. Lane, MD, FRCPC Peter L. Lane, MD, FRCPC
Introduction • Prevention and Control • Accident? • An injury story • Taxonomy of Injury Control • Case studies
Prevention and Control • Unlike smallpox • Reduction of harm = reduction of incidence and severity of injuries, in order to reduce deaths and to reduce disabilities
Accident? • Event without apparent cause – inevitable • Prevent – to come before; to hinder • Inevitable – unavoidable; sure to happen; tiresomely familiar
An injury story • 22 y.o. male • Recent college graduate • Dove off a dock into lake • Struck head on bottom • Floated to the top face down
An injury story (cont’d) • Friends turned him over • Taped and tied him to a door • Drove him to the highway • Ambulance to hospital • Airlifted to trauma center
An injury story (cont’d) • C 6-7 fracture dislocation with bilateral jumped facets • Insensate below nipples • Complete quadriplegia • Halo, surgical decompression, MPSS protocol • 10 days trauma center • 6 months rehab center
An injury story (cont’d) • Long term requirements include • daily attendant services, am and pm • Modified vehicle • Wheelchair, adaptive devices • Modified housing • Career choice change
Acute care Rehab care Ongoing care p.a. 10 yr Foregone income p.a. 10 yr 10 yr Total $65,000 $90,000 $45,000 $450,000 $71,000 $710,000 $1.315M An injury story - costs
Taxonomy of Injury Control • Primary prevention • Secondary prevention • Tertiary prevention
Phase Strategy Before disease present Before the event or behavior Reduce or remove risk factors Primary prevention
Phase Strategy Asymptomatic disease Reduce or remove risk factors Secondary prevention
Phase Strategy Disease present Clinical course after the injury Reduce fatalities and complications Trauma care, rehabilitation and reintegration Tertiary prevention
Persuade Inform and educate Require Laws and regulations Automatic Engineering Most common Least expensive Least effective Cumbersome Enforcement issues Freedom/civil rights issues By far the most cost effective measures Prevention strategies
Risk Factor Identification • Instrument/agent • Environment • Physical • Social • Human/individual
Case studies • Bicycle injuries • ATV driver injuries • Youth violence • Elderly pedestrian injuries
Instrument/agent Environment Physical Social Human/individual ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Risk Factor Identification
Persuade Inform and educate Require Laws and regulations Automatic Engineering ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Prevention strategies
Summary • Prevention and Control • Accident? • An injury story • Taxonomy of Injury Control • Case studies