Sentences with phrase «preventable injuries and deaths»

October is National Window Covering Safety Month, a time to discuss and share tips that can help stop these easily preventable injuries and deaths.

We're working to educate and encourage safe behaviors around top causes of preventable injuries and deaths.

It is important that your home be as safe for your children as possible, since most preventable injuries and death occur in the home.

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And far too many will suffer debilitating injuries or even death due to dire but preventable circumstances.

«There is no excuse for any number of heat stroke deaths since they are all preventable with proper precautions,» writes Frederick O. Mueller, Ph.D., Chairman, American Football Coaches Committee on Football Injuries, and Director of the Center.»

I think Dr Amy's anger comes from reading story after story about preventable deaths, and preventable permanent injury to infants, month after month, and having the home - birth advocates here in the USA simply ignore the very real risks of homebirth with an uneducated «midwife».

They're doing so because the vast majority of those deaths and injuries are preventable.

Ironically, the above study demonstrated that 3.7 % of hospitalized patients sustain an injury caused by medical treatment; 69 % of these injuries were preventable and 14 % of these errors contributed to the death of the patient.

In Canada, drowning is the number one cause of unintentional injury deaths among children one to four years of age and the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years

Sadly, the fact is that, while they are one of the most - if not, the most - preventable of all catastrophic sports injuries, heat - related deaths among high school and college football players in the United States nearly tripled between 1994 and 2009, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia, with an average of nearly three players dying each year during that time period versus about one death per year during the previous 15 years.

The Child Safety CoIIN — made up of federal partners, national organizations and states — aims to prevent child deaths, hospitalization and ER visits due to preventable injuries.

Road related injuries are the leading cause of preventable death and injuries to babies in the US

The agenda must address universal health - care coverage, access and affordability; end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's reproductive health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.

These deaths and injuries are entirely preventable,» said Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein

Every year, nearly 180,000 people in the USA die from preventable causes such as automobile crashes, drowning, firearm - related injuries, falls, assault, and drug overdoses; equivalent to one injury death every 3 minutes.

Dr Annie Herbert, from UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Healthcare, said: «A huge amount of deaths after adversity - related injury in our study were from suicide or drug or alcohol abuse, which to an extent should be preventable.

Trauma is the leading killer of people aged 1 to 44, and Florida's system has reduced preventable deaths from serious injury by half.

While «prevention» is a popular term in healthcare, most injuries, illnesses, chronic diseases, and the causes of many deaths, are preventable.

In 2016, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recommended the White House set a national aim of achieving zero preventable deaths after injury and minimizing trauma - related disability.

Statistics from the National Safety Council show that Labor Day Weekend sees high rates of preventable accidents, injuries, and deaths — both on the roadways and at homes across the country.

However, studies show that many of the primary causes for injury and death to children in motor vehicle collisions are 100 percent preventable.

He helps keep car manufacturers honest by ensuring that they know someone is paying attention when defects cause preventable injuries and wrongful death.

«From the perspective of my client, it's a good day for those people who want to see preventable drunk driving injuries and deaths reduced in the country,» he says.

Be it workers compensation or personal injury and wrongful death occurring outside the workplace, such as: car accidents, dram shop actions (where a bar or restaurant serves a customer to the point of legal intoxication), medical malpractice, defective products, construction accidents, premises liability (e.g., slip and falls based on failure to provide a safe place to walk or play), or any other type of preventable injury or death.

If consumers do not hold these manufacturers responsible for their negligence, similar (preventable) injuries and deaths will continue to occur.

No matter what the cause of your child's preventable injury or death, our dedicated team of child injury lawyers is here to provide you with exceptional representation and the aggressive pursuit of justice from all those who have caused your child's injury or death.

Death or injury that results from a needless and preventable medical error can be devastating.

A whole - child perspective acknowledges that a child's supportive and enriching experiences in homes and early education classrooms are as integral to a child's lifelong health as care received in pediatricians» offices in reducing young children's risks of toxic stress, disease, injury, preventable disability and premature death and giving every child a fair chance at health.