Be Alert, Trauma Hurts

What is the Be Alert, Trauma Hurts program?

The Be Alert, Trauma Hurts program includes a program user guide for the presenter, support literature and a video.  The video presents potential hazardous situations typically encountered at a summer camp for children.  These dangers include swimming and diving, pedestrian and sports injuries, falls, fire, handguns and alcohol use.  The program is intended to enhance knowledge and create attitudinal changes that will decrease injuries in the 9-14 year old age group.

What are the program objectives?

The program objectives include: 1) increasing awareness among students that injuries are preventable; 2) decreasing the number of preventable injuries; 3) incorporating trauma care health professionals into the program; and 4) creating a positive influence regarding personal safety decisions.

How does the program work?

The 10 minute video is designed to be stopped between various dangerous scenarios.  Questions are then presented to the students to initiate a 10 to 20 minute discussion about the dangers that were presented in the scenarios.  The program concludes with a series of questions that urge the students to think about their decisions as well as word puzzles that help to reinforce to them that trauma is preventable, and that each student has the ability to make safe choices.

Contact:

To learn more about the Be Alert, Trauma Hurts program, contact ATSPA at (717) 766-1616,