Position Statement Preventable accidents fill up a vast majority of space of the Emergency Department (ED) in hospitals every day. Due to that fact‚ the National Association of Trauma Specialists (NATS) is in the process of forming an educational program for the public about home and driving safety.i This program will help alleviate a lot of the stress and problems of having an overcrowded ED. The ED is meant for critical and urgent situations such as accidents and conditions that require immediate
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When trying to figure out ways to prevent distracted driving car accidents we often overlook the obvious: the perspective of the texter. My guess is that most people reading this are not teenagers‚ the most likely group to text and drive. The following essay was written before the recent efforts in Michigan to ban texting while driving. It has been edited for timeliness and length‚ but all the salient points remain. The essay was featured on Traverse City Record-Eagle’s website and was written by
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Oklahoma State University safety training website‚ research states that 40‚ 000 people die each year in car accidents. Yet‚ only 60% of people who drive actually wear there seat belt. It is estimated that safety belts save 13‚000 lives in the United States each year. Car accidents continue to be the leading cause of death for people under the age of 35. According to research report from Car accidents.com‚ the article "seat belts save lives" says that every American pays about $580 toward the cost
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“Get in car. Check! Adjust seat. Check! Adjust mirrors. Check! What comes next?” Most would say‚ “Buckle up!” Wearing a seat belt is a habit that most people have developed over years of riding and driving in cars. If everyone is required to buckle up‚ why are school buses seat belt free? Some people believe that school buses are already safe enough; nevertheless‚ seat belts should be required on school buses because having children buckle-up would help create a lifelong habit‚ state law requires
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When you have experienced a car wreck‚ the financial tolls that can be the aftermath can be devastating. Not only are you dealing with having to get your car fixed‚ you may be injured because of the accident. When it is because of the negligence of someone else‚ you have the right to be fairly compensated for the income you will lose while you are recovering from the injury. An injury resulting from a car accident can easily cause you the need to take time off from work. Unfortunately for some people
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Click It or Ticket Every Fourteen seconds someone is injured in a traffic accident in the United States alone. On average someone dies every thirteen minutes. In fact car crashes are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of three and thirty-three. If those people had been wearing a seatbelt the chances are they would have escaped serious injury or death. Have you ever thought about what the difference of wearing your seat belt could make? Or have you ever though if wearing your seat
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Wearing a seatbelt can increase chances of survival and one’s safety in a car accident. Who is willing to risk their life by not wearing a seatbelt? Is it really worth it? The main purpose of a seatbelt is to reduce the risk of deaths in car accidents. However‚ some people feel that wearing a seatbelt is a personal choice. Across America seat belt laws are mandatory. These laws were put in place to prevent fatalities in car accidents and protect drivers and their passengers. Therefore choosing to not wear
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ANT Turkey’s government launched two investigations on into the latest of several fatal accidents at the country’s leading shipyard‚ where about two dozen workers have died in the past year. The government already had recommended better training and stricter safety measures to end workrelated deaths at the booming Tuzla shipyard on Istanbul’s eastern tip. But on Monday three workers died there in another accident. A lifeboat that employees were on broke free from a ship under repair and plunged into
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‘Most accidents occur in and around the home. Discuss’ We’d all like to believe that our home is a secure‚ comfortable environment‚ but we tend not to notice that this very place holds the potential to become very dangerous. In fact‚ most accidents occur in and around our homes‚ with the consequences involving anything from minor abrasions to a fatality. Believe it or not‚ water one of our most valued necessities in life‚ can not only provide life but also take it. Young children are often the
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in Turkey. Since we live in Turkey we should be more careful because we are not safe in Turkey at all. I can say that depending on the terror actions that we hear almost every week‚ interesting accidents that we hear almost every day‚ car accidents that we hear almost every hour and other possible accidents that we may hear any minute. We are not safe in Turkey obviously and most of the citizens do not care about it. Most of the citizens do not follow health and safety rules until something bad happens
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