Thurston County Medic One/EMS System

Safety, Health and Injury Prevention

The following links leave the Thurston County Medic One website to our health and trauma prevention partners’ websites.  

 

Heat related injury prevention information, click on this link for a printable pamphlet Heat Injury Prevention Pamphlet 

 

Influenza/Flu Information from public health agencies regarding H1N1 (Swine Flu) click on logo below for website link: Thurston County (TCPHSS), Washington State (DOH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO) and United State Department of Health and Human Services (PandemicFlu.gov) :

     

                    

 

 

Heart Attack and Stroke information from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association website links:

           

The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency to help reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.


           

The American Stroke Association is solely focused on reducing disability and death from stroke.

 

        Healthy Life Style:

        Better lifestyle habits can help you reduce your risk for heart attack. Learn what you can do to help prevent heart disease and stroke here…

        http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200009

        Heart Attack and Stroke warning signs:

        Dial 9-1-1 Fast
        Heart attack and stroke are life-and-death emergencies — every second counts. Learn the signs and symptoms here…

        http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3053

 

                    Hands Only CPR (compression only CPR):

                    Information from American Heart Association about Hands Only CPR...

        http://handsonlycpr.org/

   

Prevent falls:

                    Falls are the number one reason for Thurston County Medic One paramedic responses to trauma. Falls are at least painful, but can also disable or kill.

                   

        Learn how prevent falls here… (you must have Apple QuickTimeTM installed to play the following link)

        http://www.spu.edu/depts/hsc/fallprevention/video/

                   After viewing the video would you please click this link, complete the survey and email it to the person on the survey form? Thank you.

 

Injury prevention for children:

                   

        Thurston County Safe Kids / Child Care Action Council

Safe Kids Thurston County seeks to eliminate unintentional injuries in children 14 and under. 

Phone: (360) 786-8907, Erin x106; Toll Free: (800) 845-0956; E-mail: info@ccacwa.org

        Child Care Action Council / Thurston County Safe Kids website here...

        http://www.ccacwa.org/programpages/SafeKids.html

                    Link to calendar/schedule for Child Passenger Safety Seat here... 

                    http://www.ccacwa.org/programpages/SafeKids.html

 

                   

        Child Car Seat Safety Program:

        Thurston County Sheriff office provides car seat installation information and clinics here…

        http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/sheriff/information-child-safety-seat.htm

 

        Helmets are important:

        Please wear a helmet when using bicycles, skate boards, skates or other means to increase the speed of your body.

 

        Personal floatation devices are important:

        When playing or working on or in the water, wearing a personal floatation device can save lives.

 

Poisoning prevention resources:

                   

        Poisoning prevention and information from the Washington State Poison Control Center here…

        http://www.wapc.org/wapc.htm

 

Injury and Violence prevention resources:

                   

West Region EMS & Trauma Care Council, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, to plan, develop, and administer the EMS and trauma care system in the 4.5 counties that make up the Region: Grays Harbor , Lewis, N. Pacific, Pierce and Thurston. It is one of eight regional councils statewide and funded primarily through a contract with the Office of Emergency Medical and Trauma Prevention Washington State Department of Health (DOH).

        http://www.wrems.com/prevent.html

 

Washington State Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems, Injury and Violence prevention website here…

        http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/emstrauma/injury/pubs/icpg/

 

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