Community Outreach

Trauma is the number one cause of death in young people.

In an effort to address this public health crisis, EAST began hosting an annual Community Outreach Program in 2012. Held during the Annual Scientific Assembly, the program is coordinated by the EAST Injury Control and Violence Prevention Committee whose volunteers travel into the local community to deliver high-quality, high-profile injury prevention programs around topics such as distracted and impaired driving, vehicle safety, teen violence, and substance abuse.

The 2025 EAST Community Outreach program is being coordinated by the EAST Injury Control and Violence Prevention Committee. The 2025 program will be held at the Cholla High School in Tucson, AZ on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from 7:00 am-3:30 pm (time subject to change) . The 2025 program will focus on:

Impaired Driving Simulation
Trauma ABCs
1st Responders
Trauma Survivorship

If you are interested in volunteering, please complete the online form linked in the button below. All volunteers must be pre-registered and complete the online form.

Thank you to the Society of Trauma Nurses, the American Trauma Society, and the Trauma Survivors Network for partnering with EAST on the 2025 program.

Community Outreach Volunteer Sign Up

Learn more about the EAST Community Outreach Program

Since 2012, the EAST Community Outreach Program has educated more than 3,000 high-school students across the country about the dangers of distracted driving due to texting and alcohol use.

In 2017 and 2018, EAST directed its outreach efforts toward training nearly 100 non-medical personnel on hemorrhage control in the wake of the gun violence epidemic. Participants learned how to use pressure, packing, and tourniquets to control bleeding in order to save lives.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the 2023 EAST Community Outreach Program that was held January 17, 2023 at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida!

The 2023 Program focused on Stop the Bleed^SM, Distracted Driving, and Trauma Survivorship. Check out the ACS Bulletin linked below to learn more:

2023 EAST Community Outreach Program - March 2023 issue of ACS Bulletin

Watch the videos below to learn more about how the EAST Community Outreach Program is raising awareness about public health issues in order to prevent and control injuries and save lives.

EAST ICVP Community Outreach Program Videos

2023 - Being Brave Saves Lives. The 2023 Program focused on Stop the Bleed^SM, Distracted Driving, and Trauma Survivorship.

2020 - Stop the Bleed^SM, Distracted Driving, Firearm Safety and Burn First Aid, and Careers in Medicine

2019 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Firearm Safety, Stop the Bleed and Careers in Medicine

2017 - Public Access Hemorrhage Control and Training for Non-Medical Personnel

2016 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Teen Violence, and Substance Abuse

2015 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Teen Violence, and Substance Abuse

2014 - Distracted Driving, Vehicle Safety, Teen Violence, and Substance Abuse