Trauma and Injury Prevention Seminar

This one-day seminar is designed for physicians, nurses, injury prevention coordinators, registrars and other personnel working in the field of injury prevention. The sessions and speakers will provide valuable information to help all levels of designated trauma centers implement a coordinated, multidisciplinary evidence-based approach to injury prevention or enhance existing programs.
Course Objectives
Define injury prevention at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
Develop injury prevention… Show more goals and objectives.
Use data to drive activities.
Manage injury prevention activities and evaluate the effectiveness of your program.
Develop a safe community through coalitions and partnerships.
Identify funding and resources.
Become effective advocates.
Understand the role of GETAC and RAC Injury Prevention committees.
Study examples of evidenced-based programs.
This seminar provides 7.25 contact hours of nursing continuing education through the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center s Commission on Accreditation.
Course Schedule
7:30 7:55 a.m. Registration
7:55 8:00 Opening Remarks Brenda Putz, RN, TETAF Manager
8:00 8:45 Injury Prevention Defined Robin Garza, RN, Trauma Program Manager, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston
8:45 9:30 Trauma Data Validation and Analysis Courtney Edwards, RN, M.S.N., M.P.H., Trauma Outreach & Injury Prevention Coordinator, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas
9:30 9:45 Break
9:45 10:30 Evaluating the Effectiveness of your Program Jorie Klein, R.N., Director of Trauma & Disaster Services, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas
10:30 11:15 Building a Coalition Tammy Jones, M.S.N., RN, Director of Trauma Services and Emergency Departments, Covenant Health Systems, Lubbock
11:15 11:45 When Sean Speaks Sean and Jenny Carter, Dallas
11:45 12:45 p.m.Lunch
12:45 1:30 The Red Program Dan Whorley. M. Ed., TeenSafe Program Coordinator
1:30 2:15 Live 3-D, Don t Drive Distracted Mary Ann Contreras, RN, Injury Prevention/Trauma Outreach Coordinator, JPS Health Network, Fort Worth
2:15 2:30 Break
2:30 3:15 Recognition of Abuse Lori Vinson, RN, M.S.N., Trauma Services Director, Children s Medical Center of Dallas
3:15 4:00 SLIP Senior Lifestyle Injury Prevention Kara Tapley, RN, Injury Prevention Coordinator, East Texas Medical Center - Tyler
4:00 4:45 Preview of the TETAF 2013 Injury Prevention Campaign Robin Garza, RN, Trauma Program Manager, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston
4:45 5:00 Evaluations
Hotel Accommodations: A block of rooms has been reserved at the following hotel: Embassy Suites Austin - Central, 5901 North IH-35, Austin, Texas, 78723 512/454-8004
Room rate is $125.00 plus taxes. Contact the hotel directly before Feb. 11 to make reservations at the special rate. Be sure to use this special group code: Texas Trauma Coordinators.
For more information, please contact:
Robin Garza, TETAF Injury Prevention Division Chair
Robin_Garza@hchd.tmc.edu
Special thanks to our host/sponsor: St. David s Medical Center, Austin
Planning Committee:
Robin Garza, RN, Chair;
Mary Ann Contreras, RN; Courtney Edwards, RN; Tammy Jones, RN; Jorie Klein, RN;
Kara Tapley, RN; and Lori Vinson, RN, M.S.N.
TETAF: Brenda Putz, RN, and Elizabeth Shumaker

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