Injury Prevention Programs
Each year, more than 6,500 U.S. children under the age of 14 are killed by preventable injuries. Verified trauma centers are national leaders in preventing injuries in children.
At Phoenix Children's, our injury prevention programs address the most common causes of childhood injury with programs that reach parents and children with important safety messages and skills.
Download our injury prevention brochures, available in English and Spanish.
Learn how to keep your child safe with these programs:
Kids Ride Safe
Helmet Your Brain
Bicycle “Driver” Education™
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Program overview:
In Arizona, motor vehicle collisions are the most common cause of preventable deaths of children. Using a safety seat drastically reduces a child's risk of injury or death. The Ride Safe program reaches out to parents about the importance and correct use of car seats, booster seats and restraints. Phoenix Children's partners with "Safe Kids," as well as local fire and police departments to host community car seat checks. Our trained technicians check car seat installations, train parents and, in some cases, distribute donated car seats.
Learn about car seats, booster seats, and when you're child should use each one.
According to the 2005 Arizona Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 87 percent of students who rode a bicycle during the previous 12 months reported that they never or rarely wore a bicycle helmet. While wearing a helmet won't prevent a crash, it can prevent life-long disability – or even death – that can result from a brain injury. Wearing a helmet reduces a child's risk of serious brain injury by 88 percent. Nearly half of all bike-related hospitalizations have a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury.
The goal of Phoenix Children's Helmet Your Brain program is to teach children to get into the helmet habit. This safety awareness program reached more than 2,000 kids and families in 2006. A Helmet Your Brain program box and curriculum is available to teachers and community organizations.
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More than 80 percent of bicycle-related fatalities involving children under the age of 14 are due to the bicyclist's behavior. Bicycle "Driver" Education is similar to driver's education, but the vehicle is a bike, skateboard or scooter. Teaching children how to think, behave and respond like a "driver" adds a new dimension of responsibility to riding a bicycle. This curriculum provided by Phoenix Children's teaches middle school students across the Valley how to prevent accidents, how to cross intersections, obey traffic signals, ride safely at night, and make safe decisions in traffic.
