Links for other important information from the American Academy of Emergency Physicians:
Car Safety
More than four out of every ten traffic deaths involve alcohol. Even small amounts of alcohol affect your judgment, concentration, reaction time, and your ability to drive. If you drink, don't drive. If a friend or family member drinks, call them a cab or drive them home.
Emergency Care of Children
Emergency care of children in the United States is the best in the world. It's better today than even 10 years ago. Emergency departments are staffed by career emergency specialists trained to provide the highest levels of care to patients of all ages.
Exercising Proper Care While Working Out
Are you one of the 56% of Americans who workout? Are you also one of the many Americans who workout without exercising the precautions needed to prevent injury? No one expects to be injured while exercising, but in 1994, nearly 96,000 people were rushed to the emergency department due an injury caused by their exercise routine, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Kids Riding Bikes
Wearing a helmet is the best thing you can do to be safe when you ride a bike. Bicycle helmets save lives. Most bike deaths come from head injury. Bike helmets can prevent head injury.
Pedestrian Safety
In 1996, 5,412 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States--a decrease of 20 percent from 1986. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 97 minutes.
Protect Your Kids in the Car
The safest place for any child 12 years old and under is in the back seat. Every child should be buckled in a child safety seat, a booster seat, or with a lap/shoulder belt, if it fits.
Walking In Traffic
Stay on the sidewalk and crosswalks. Avoid walking in traffic where there are no sidewalks or crosswalks. If you have to walk on a road that does not have sidewalks, walk facing traffic. What to do in an Emergency Knowing what to do ahead of time will potentially prevent an emergency, possibly even save a life. Every emergency can be handled by remembering four things: prevent, prepare, recognize, act.
