Sentences with phrase «reduce deaths and injuries»

Investigations such as this have led to far greater awareness of the risks in maternity wards, and the Campaign for Safer Births is a charity working tirelessly to improve the NHS Maternity Services and reduce deaths and injuries to mothers and babies during childbirth that could have been avoided.

This standard establishes minimum performance requirements in order to reduce deaths and injuries.

It is the introduction of measures like these that will reduce deaths and injuries on the roads.

An IIHS research program aims to spur better rear underride guards to reduce deaths and injuries in large truck crashes.

Following a spate of fires in the area, the mayors of Albany, Schenectady and Troy are joining a nationwide effort to reduce deaths and injuries from home fires.

Safe Kids Connecticut is a multi-faceted organization that works to reduce death and injury rates of children through community education, public policy change, creating safe environments, and conducting research.

«The identification of these groups of victims is key for improving safety and reducing deaths and injuries in these groups, said lead author and volcanologist Sarah Brown of the University of Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, in a press release.

A crashworthy design reduces death and injury risk.

A new study looks at the types of crashes bicyclist detection systems would need to address in order to be most effective at reducing deaths and injuries.

Depowering airbags also has reduced deaths and injuries among infants and children riding in the front passenger seat.

He predicted that «mandatory breath screening of drivers... is going to probably make the most significant difference in reducing deaths and injuries.»

Rather than «insulating negligent providers from accountability, harming patients and saddling taxpayers with the cost,» the groups say, «Congress should focus on improving patient safety and reducing deaths and injuries.»

Not exact matches

Precincts have started adopting or increasing use of less - than - lethal force — including pepper spray and Tasers — in an effort to reduce injury and death.

Precincts have started adopting or increasing their use of less - than - lethal force — including pepper spray and Tasers — in an effort to reduce injury and death while still giving police options when facing would - be assailants.

He believes that the automated vehicles could reduce «80 per cent of collisions, deaths and injuries.»

Although the campaigns are frequently controversial, there's little doubt that the messages they deliver have reduced the number of injuries and deaths on the roads.

Our first Critical Connections topic will bring together the key stakeholders who are addressing the opioid crisis and discuss critical strategies and tactics necessary to reduce the injury and death rates nationwide.

It's difficult to separate these changes from long - term trends (especially since gun homicides have generally been on the decline for decades now), but a review of the evidence by RAND linked milder gun control measures, including background checks, to reduced injuries and deaths — and that means these measures likely saved lives.

In the end the legislation should be about saving lives and reducing unnecessary injuries and deaths and farming deaths can be really horrible.

Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.

A helmet is the most important device available that can reduce head injury and death from a bicycle crash, according to Safe Kids USA.

Parents should avoid the use of weighted blankets around babies and toddlers and follow safe sleep recommendations by the AAP to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep - related injuries and deaths.

Campaign for Safer Births: working to improve NHS Maternity Services in order to reduce the avoidable deaths and injuries of babies and others during labour

The studies have proved that children of ages 1 - 2 should be in a rear - facing position as long as possible because it will reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries in car crashes 5.3 times, which won't be the case with forward facing position.

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.

Evidence shows a lower legal limit combined with visible enforcement, tough penalties and mass media campaigns will reduce drink - driving deaths and injuries.

Evidence shows that long - term targets would help local authorities to reduce deaths and serious injuries on UK roads.

The Council Conclusions stress that harmful use of alcohol is recognised as an important risk factor in the need to reduce the burden of alcohol - related avoidable deaths, chronic diseases, injuries, violence, health inequalities and other social consequences to third parties.

This is an expansion of the City's ongoing campaign and the Borough President's ongoing commitment to reduce sleep - related injuries among infants — a leading cause of infant death in New York City.

Use of the age - appropriate restraints such as a car safety seat or a booster seat greatly reduces the risk of serious injury and death to your children in a motor vehicle accident.»

There's some evidence these laws also reduce adult unintentional firearm injuries and deaths.

There's solid evidence that these laws reduce unintentional firearm injuries and deaths among children.

Road - traffic safety aims to reduce the harm (deaths, injuries, and property damage) resulting from crashes of road vehicles traveling on public roads.

Our aim is to greatly reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses from earthquakes in developing countries.

Substantial evidence suggests that self - driving cars will reduce the frequency of collisions and avert deaths and injuries from road transport, because machines avoid human errors, lapses in concentration and defects in sight, among other shortcomings.

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

Cooling the brain helps to reduce the build - up of pressure inside the head, which is strongly linked to long - term disability and death following head injury.

The 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference draws together experts from across the globe to share the latest in research, programs and developments with the aim of reducing injuries and deaths on our roads.

The event coincided with a $ 195,772 donation from Kohl's Cares to support the Drive Smart campaign launched to reduce distracted driving and related injuries and deaths.

It also helped protect against oxidative damage that leads to brain cell death, and reduced injury to brain endothelial cells in mice with high - fat diets.

The Traffic Safety Program is funded by federal grants and is focused on reducing deaths, injuries, and costs associated with motor vehicle crashes.

Descriptions from the crash scene appear to confirm that the death and injury toll would have been significantly reduced if children were wearing seat belts.

New regulations coming in Europe that are designed to reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries will force automakers to alter the hood heights and front fascia designs.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

The Department will need to continue to work to understand this increase and step up efforts to reduce the number of deaths and injuries through Department programs and activities at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and the Office of the Secretary (OST).

The organization will help reduce the financial burden suffered by first responders, trauma personnel, nurses, police officers and their families in the event of a line of duty injury or death by providing monetary assistance.

Proper restraint use can reduce crash deaths and injuries even more.

Side airbags designed specifically to protect the head can reduce such deaths and the even more numerous nonfatal head injuries that occur in side impacts.

It calls for the Department of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles.

Softer vehicle fronts and pedestrian detection systems could reduce pedestrian deaths, injuries