Injury Control and Violence Prevention
The Injury Control & Violence Prevention page is designed to enhance awareness within the trauma community and the public on the importance of trauma prevention.
Scroll down below for EAST Practice Management Guidelines and Evidence Based Reviews related to injury control and violence prevention as well as to find links to important websites and resources. Check out our collection of pertinent Traumacasts. You can also follow the conversation on X at @EAST_ICVP.
EAST Evidence-Based Statement on "Stand Your Ground" Laws
Published in Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: June 10, 2022 - Volume - Issue - 10.1097/TA.0000000000003682
doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003682
EAST Statement on Firearm Injury Prevention
Published in Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery - January 2019 - Volume 86 - Issue 1 - p 168–170
Published in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Open - March 2019
Proceedings from the Second Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention, 2022: Creating a Sustainable Healthcare Coalition to Advance a Multidisciplinary Public Health Approach - Chicago, IL September 10-11, 2022
Proceedings Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention: A Public Health approach to reduce death and disability in the United States, Chicago, Illinois, February 10-11, 2019
Trauma Center Association of America - Gun Violence Awareness
Trauma Prevention Coalition - Statement on Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention (Released Oct. 2022)
EAST ICVP Community Outreach Program
Held during the Annual Scientific Assembly, this one-day event is coordinated by the EAST Injury Control and Violence Prevention Committee, with volunteers traveling into the community to deliver high-quality, high-profile injury prevention programs. Learn more by visiting the Community Outreach page and check out videos from past events below.
2023 - Stop the BleedSM, Distracted Driving, and Trauma Survivorship - Watch the YouTube Video
2020 - Stop the BleedSM, Distracted Driving, Fire Safety and Burn First Aid, and Careers in Medicine - Watch the YouTube Video
2019 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Firearm Safety, Stop the Bleed and Careers in Medicine - Watch the YouTube Video
2017 - Public Access Hemorrhage Control and Training for Non-Medical Personnel - Watch the YouTube Video
2016 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Teen Violence, and Substance Abuse - Watch the YouTube Video
2015 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Teen Violence, and Substance Abuse - Watch the YouTube Video
2014 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Teen Violence, and Substance Abuse - Watch the YouTube Video
2013 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Teen Violence, and Substance Abuse - Watch the YouTube Video
Important Websites
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Injury Prevention Resources
- American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma-Injury Prevention & Control Subcommittee
- American College of Surgeons - Bleeding Control - Stop The Bleed™ and Hartford Consensus™
- American Geriatrics Society
AGS Quick Guide for Assessing Older Drivers - American Trauma Society and Trauma Survivors Network
- Trauma Center Association of America
- Trauma Prevention Coalition
- Texting and Driving: A National Epidemic
Resources
- Child Maltreatment Prevention: Past, Present, and Future
- Traffic Safety
- Hartford Consensus & Hartford Consensus II - Endorsed by EAST
- Instructional video describing proper technique for tourniquet placement - Developed by EAST Member Dr. David King
EAST Practice Management Guidelines and Evidence Based Reviews
- Alcohol-related trauma reinjury prevention with hospital-based screening in adult populations (2020)
- Palliative Care for Geriatric Trauma Patients, Trauma Center Care and Routine Processes for Care - Evidence-Based Review (2019)
- All-Terrain Vehicle Injuries, Prevention of (2018)
- Prevention Firearm Injuries with Gun Safety Devices and Safe Storage (2018)
- Contact Sports-related Concussion in Amateur Athletes, Primary Prevention of (2018)
- Prevention of Firearm-Related Injuries with Restrictive Licensing and Concealed Carry Laws (2016)
- Fall-Related Injuries in the Elderly, Prevention of (2016)
- Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs Targeting Adult Populations (2016)
- Motor Vehicle Collision-Related Injuries in the Elderly, Prevention of (2015)
- Distracted Driver: An Evidenced-Based Review (2015)
- Safety Helmets, Efficacy of in Reduction of Head Injuries in Recreational Skiers and Snowboarders (2011)
- Child Passenger Safety: An Evidence-Based Review (2010)
- Helmet Efficacy to Reduce Head Injury and Mortality in Motorcycle Crashes (2010)
EAST Traumacasts related to Injury Control and Violence Prevention