You See It Every Day. Now Help Change It.
Every day, healthcare professionals, first responders, public health professionals, educators, and community leaders see the impact of injuries. They see patients arrive after falls, motor vehicle crashes, firearm injuries, poisonings, and other traumatic events.
National Injury Prevention Day (NIPD) is an opportunity to turn what you see into action.
NIPD brings communities together to raise awareness about preventable injuries, highlight injury prevention efforts, and encourage individuals and organizations to take action to create safer communities.
Prevention Starts Before an Injury Happens
Injury prevention is about more than responding after someone is hurt. It means identifying risks, educating communities, improving environments, and taking action before an injury occurs.
Across Pennsylvania, prevention can take many forms; fall prevention and safe driving to firearm safety, emergency preparedness, child passenger safety, drowning prevention, and bleeding control. No single organization can address every injury risk. Prevention requires collaboration.
Join ATSPA for National Injury Prevention Day
On Wednesday, November 18, 2026, the American Trauma Society, Pennsylvania Division (ATSPA) will host National Injury Prevention Day: Prevention in Action at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg.
The day will bring together healthcare professionals, first responders, community organizations, injury prevention advocates, policymakers, and members of the public to recognize the importance of injury prevention and encourage action across Pennsylvania.
Take Part in Injury Prevention Advocacy Day
ATSPA is also inviting healthcare professionals, members, partners, and injury prevention advocates to participate in National Injury Prevention Advocacy Day.
Participants will have the opportunity to meet with their legislators and share why injury prevention matters in their communities.
Our message is simple:
You See It Every Day. Now Help Change It.
If you work in healthcare, you see the consequences of injury firsthand.
If you work in public health or community services, you see the risks and challenges affecting your community.
If you are a policymaker, you can help support efforts that make injury prevention possible.
And if you are a community member, you can help create safer homes, roads, workplaces, and neighborhoods.
Everyone has a role in injury prevention.
Register to Participate in Advocacy Day
Your experience matters. Your voice matters. Join ATSPA at the Capitol and help bring the perspective of injury prevention professionals and community advocates to Pennsylvania’s policymakers.
REGISTER FOR ATSPA ADVOCACY DAY NOW →
Make Prevention Part of the Conversation
You can participate in National Injury Prevention Day by:
- Registering for ATSPA’s November 18 event.
- Participating in Advocacy Day and meeting with your legislators.
- Sharing injury prevention information with your community.
- Recognizing a local injury prevention champion.
- Wearing green to show your support for injury prevention.
- Starting a conversation about the injuries affecting your community and what can be done to prevent them.
National Injury Prevention Day is one day, but injury prevention is a year-round effort.
ATSPA’s mission is to provide injury prevention and mitigation, in partnership with our members, through education, intervention, and advocacy. Together with our members and partners, we can continue turning prevention into action across Pennsylvania.
Ready to Help Change What You See Every Day?
Join ATSPA on November 18, 2026, for National Injury Prevention Day: Prevention in Action.
Register today and be part of the movement to advance injury prevention across Pennsylvania.
You See It Every Day. Now Help Change It.
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