{"id":11176,"date":"2019-05-10T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=11176"},"modified":"2019-05-10T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:32:17","slug":"trauma-impact-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/trauma-impact-and-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Trauma: Impact And Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shelly Warmack,\u00a0 <\/span>MSN, R.N., CEN, <\/span>St. Luke\u2019s Health System<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"If you\u2019ve spent any time outdoors, driving in your car, engaging in organized sports or physical activities, chances are you\u2019re aware of the potential for traumatic injury. Trauma can happen at any time in your life and does not discriminate. It is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide.<\/p>\n

Trauma is defined as an injury to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent. It is classified as intentional or unintentional. Trauma is further classified into categories:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Blunt (Motor vehicle accident, assault or a fall)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Penetrating (gunshot wound, stabbing)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Thermal (fire, blast, electrical)<\/p>\n

Trauma accounts for 59 percent of all deaths among people ages 1\u201344 years old in the United States. That represents more deaths than non-infectious diseases and infectious diseases combined. Traumatic death is the number one cause of death for those 1\u201344 and the number four cause of death for those 45 and older. Motor vehicle crashes and falls lead the cause of traumatic death in the United States.<\/p>\n

Traumatic injury comes at great costs to communities, emotionally and fiscally, and prevention should be of the utmost concern to individuals, as well as local, state, national and world leaders. What can we do to help prevent or minimize trauma?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Commit to safe behaviors<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Seatbelts<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Zero distracted driving<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Firearm safety practices<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Protective gear<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 No impaired activities or driving<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Discard or lock controlled substance medications<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Prepare your home to minimize accidental falls<\/p>\n

\u2022 Become involved<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Solicit your lawmakers to pass common-sense prevention<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>bills<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Take a first-aid course\/Stop The Bleed course\/CPR course<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Volunteer to help prevent suicide\/assault\/violence in your<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>community<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stay Informed<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Be aware (situational awareness)<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Have open\/honest discussions with loved ones and<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>communities about risky behaviors<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Seek out information and share safety lessons with friends<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>and family<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stay healthy<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Maintain healthy body weight and proper nutrition<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Keep chronic medical problems under control<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 Get preventative care to identify problems early<\/p>\n

It\u2019s your life. <\/b><\/p>\n

We help you live it.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Shelly Warmack,\u00a0 MSN, R.N., CEN, St. Luke\u2019s Health System If you\u2019ve spent any time outdoors, driving in your car, engaging in organized sports or physical activities, chances are you\u2019re aware of the potential for traumatic injury. Trauma can happen at any time in your life and does not discriminate. It is the leading cause […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sponsored","category-st-lukes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}