Ch 3 Flashcards
what are the 3 E’s to prevention
- Education
- Enforcement
- Engineering/Enviornment
- Economy Incentive
Example of Passive Intervention
- Commercial sprinkler system
- Airbags in vehicle
- Softer playground material
What is primary intervention
Anything that stops injury/illness
* Seatbelt
what is secondary prevention
measures that takes place after a patient has sustained an injury
* ie. Splinting a fracture
4 priority preventions are injuries with the highest…..
- Mortality rate
- Hospitalization
- Long-term disability
- Effective Countermeasures
5 Steps of a prevention program
- Community assessment
- Define the problem
- Set goals & Objectives
- Plan & test interventions
- Implement & evaluate interactions
what is the leading cause of death children under the age of 19 years old
Unintentional injuries
how long does an illness need to be before deeming it “chronic”
A year and causes functional restrictions
Some reasons why EMS should be involved in prevention education
- EMS is widely distributed
- Most medically educated in rural area
- They are consider patient advocates
- EMS is welcome in schools
- EMS considered authorites to injury and prevention
define process objective
It gives a timeframe and specification of objective
* 1000 helmets befing haded out before a set date
Define Outcome (impact) objective
