(Camden, New Jersey) – New Jersey Health Statistics reports that unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for residents age 1 through 44. Nearly 600 fatalities occurred on New Jersey roadways in 2008; and falls, pedestrian crossing and bike crashes are on the rise.
This year, the New Jersey Trauma Center Council will participate in National Trauma Awareness Month by addressing Trauma Injury Prevention with a statewide poster campaign. The theme, “We Don’t Need Your Business!” will highlight seat belt use, pedestrian safety, fall prevention and the use of helmets.
The New Jersey Trauma Center Council is made up of all the trauma centers in New Jersey including AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Jersey City Medical Center, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Cooper University Hospital.
The Trauma Center Council will distribute 10,000 posters through all the local trauma centers. The Council anticipates these posters will be the catalysts for injury prevention discussions.
“Injury prevention must occur on the local level,” said Dave Groves, the Trauma Outreach Coordinator at Cooper University Hospital. “Here at Cooper, we work together with the hospital care providers, schools, senior citizens, national and local service organizations, private foundations, and rehabilitation agencies to lesson the morbidity and mortality of trauma.”
“The work in injury prevention will never end and one role of the trauma center is to keep awareness in the highlight,” continued Dave.
To obtain a poster contact your local trauma center at (856) 342-3430.