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Pediatric Brain Injury Prevention

Unintentional trauma is the leading cause of death for all patients ages 1-44 EMS providers can have a significant impact on reducing brain injury through promoting use of helmets and other safety practices to children.

The Virginia EMS Office has produced this fun and quick moving video about injury prevention. Since it is on YouTube you can direct your organization’s website visitors to the YouTube location or embed the video on your own site as I have done here.

Watch the video and read the top Everyday EMS Tip for helmet use:



To encourage your own children or other children you know to wear helmet follow this easy to do Everyday EMS Tip – Wear your own helmet when bike riding in other gravity sports.

By Greg Friese

Greg Friese, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is an author, educator, paramedic, and marathon runner.

Greg was the co-host of the award winning EMSEduCast podcast, the only podcast by and for EMS educators. Greg has written for EMS1.com, JEMS.com, Wilderness Medical Associates, JEMS Magazine, EMSWorld.com and EMS World Magazine, and the NAEMSE Educator Newsletter.