Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. “If a person is on blood thinners,
or if you hit your head, we bring in the entire trauma team. “Older people who might have
internal bleeding, intracranial bleeding, or broken ribs are at super- high risk,” cautions Clark.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Staying out of the ER is most people’s preference, and there are many precautions that can be taken to keep you and your loved ones from becoming sick or injured in the first place. “One of the important things is
to know your medical problems and that you are being properly treated,” says Clark. Listen to your body, and take
your medications. People who neglect themselves are
the ones who end up in the ER. There are lots of people who come to the ER who don’t need to be there, he adds. Many injuries, especially with equipment, are due to not paying attention. Sometimes accidents happen, but many could be avoided, says Clark, author of Surviving the Emergency Room. “Everyone should try to stay safe
outside,” says Clark. “For adults in particular, accidents
are often related to doing things around the house. “For instance, someone cleaning
out gutters reached too far and dislocated his shoulder.” People have nailed their hands to
shingles while using a nail gun. Any power tools are a risk, and
most of these kinds of injuries are due to being distracted. “People flip riding mowers,” he
says, “or steer a mower into some object that they don’t see, and it kicks back. You have a chance of significant injury with these kinds of things. After the accident happens, a trip to the [ER] may be your only option.” Steve Wright, an EMT who works
In a recent survey, nearly 40% of parents admitted that their child doesn’t always wear a helmet while riding bikes, scooters, skateboards, or skating.
in a rural area, sees caution and focus as key components to staying safe. “If you know you are allergic to
bees, keep your epinephrine with you,” he says. “We can go right to the scene
in our cars or trucks, or in the ambulance, depending on what we know about the call, but the epinephrine is in the ambulance and if we have to go back to get it, it could be too late.” Avoiding risky behavior goes a long
way toward preventing accidents, the emergency medicine experts all agree. According to Venkatesh, cautious driving, reliable cars, no drinking, and safe tires reduce accidents. “When I arrive at a traffic accident,
I always look first to see if the airbags have deployed, just to assess how much impact the people received,” Wright says. “We really need seat belts and
airbags. I’ve seen people walk away from bad things.” In addition, childhood safety
is particularly important. Parents should be aware of what their kids are doing. “I’m a big helmets person,”
Clark says. “I made my own kids wear them.”
In a recent survey, nearly 40%
of parents admitted that their child doesn’t always wear a helmet while riding bikes, scooters, skateboards, or skating, even though more than 426,000 children — nearly 50 every hour — visit an ER each year due to a wheeled sports-related injury. If parents are attentive, they’ll
know when roughhousing outside goes too far, and when kids are near or in the pool, says Clark. Keep children out of the medicine
cabinet, he adds. According to the Institute for Safe
Medication Practices, every nine minutes a young child goes to the ER because they got into a medicine container and took the contents. And every hour a young child is
hospitalized because of medicine poisoning. Keep all medications out of reach and sight of kids. According to the American Heart
Association, call 911 immediately if you or someone you are with is having a medical emergency such as severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, choking, stroke symptoms, severe bleeding, unconsciousness, severe allergic reactions, or any situation where a person’s life is in immediate danger.
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