1. 32 Years of Caring for Children
Injury Prevention
32 Years of Caring for Children

2. The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute is located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts and serves all of New England and Bermuda.

3. Our Mission
Our mission is to care for children and families who are victims of trauma, help keep children from getting hurt and to find better treatments, recoveries and injury prevention strategies through research.

4. DO YOU KNOW?
What kills more children ages 1-14 than all diseases combined in the U.S.?
2. What causes serious lifelong disabilities for thousands of children?
3. What can be done to stop the deaths and disability of children every year?

5. The # 1 Killer of Children Automobile Crashes Drowning
Unintentional Injury
The # 1 Killer of Children
Automobile Crashes
Drowning
Severe Burns/ Fire
Child Abuse
Suffocation/SIDS
Falls
Many other injuries
The answer to the first two questions is unintentional injuries. Injuries from motor vehicle crashes, drowning, fire and severe burns, child abuse, suffocation, sudden infant death syndrome, falls and many other types of injuries.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2012
Vital Signs: Unintentional Injury Deaths Among Persons Aged 0–19 Years — United States, 2000–2009

6. The Problem
Every day in the United States, two dozen children die from an injury that was not intended. Such tragedy often leaves families broken apart and changes the lives of those left behind.

7. children in the United States are injured and live with the
Injury deaths, however, are only part
of the picture. Each year, millions of
children in the United States are
injured and live with the
consequences of those injuries.
These children may face
disability and chronic pain
that limit their ability to perform
age-appropriate everyday
activities over their lifetime.

8. The Good News we know and work together to prevent
These deaths and injuries need not occur because they often result from predictable events. The good news is that we have solutions that work to prevent child injury.
The challenge is to apply what
we know and work together to prevent
these unnecessary tragedies to
children, families, and communities.
2012 National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention An Agenda to Prevent Injuries and Promote the Safety of Children and Adolescents in the United States
2012 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
The good news is, however, that these injuries and deaths don’t have to occur. We have solutions that work. We have the cure! The challenge is to apply what we know and work together to prevent these tragedies.

9. Education, Awareness and Communication
It’s not possible to eliminate all injury from childhood.
It is possible to reduce the
number of deaths and severe
injuries.
Education is a primary tool in
reducing death and disability.
Awareness of risks and
situations that are known to
lead to injury and
Communication of injury
prevention knowledge to
children, parents and caregivers
is a proven way to reduce injury
and deaths.
The best tools we have are education, awareness and communication…… This 12 year old was fortunate that someone told him about wearing a bike helmet. It saved his life! Now he’s helping others learn to be safe.

10. What can you and your club do?
Educate your community about childhood injury risks.
Parents, caregivers, child
care workers, emergency
first responders, police and
fire workers, pediatricians,
adults who operate motor
vehicles and everyone who
rides bicycles or walks
along the street.
The more information about safety that is
in your community, the less likely it is that
a child will be seriously injured.
What can you and your club do? Be educators. Provide parents, day care workers, babysitters, grandparents, pediatricians, EMT’s, anyone who operates a motor vehicle or walks down the street with information about how to avoid risks. The more information that is in your community, the less likely it is that a child will be seriously injured.

11. Resources Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma
Institute (KPTI) provides educational materials and programs that you and
your clubs can use to
raise awareness
about childhood
injury in your
community.
The materials,
programs and
shipping are free.

12. How to get injury prevention materials
Website:
Community Programs
For more information about our programs and to order materials, go to our website and click on Community Programs in the left hand menu.

13. We have the solution to preventing childhood injuries, let’s let everyone know!