Level I Trauma Center
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center’s level I trauma center treats the most seriously injured patients and is one of the region’s busiest for adult trauma care.
ARMC’s response teams in emergency/trauma deployed their disaster preparedness training on Dec. 2, 2015 to treat victims of the terrorist attack. The hospital’s Incident Command Center worked with law enforcement, county officials, Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency (ICEMA), and other key partners to ensure safe and timely access to the ER and trauma bays.
Trauma Services Injury Prevention Programs
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) Trauma Prevention programs are dedicated to the promotion of healthy behaviors and the prevention of injury and death through education and outreach. ARMC is a level I trauma center verified by the American College of Surgeons. We have partnered with local community groups, government agencies, coalitions, and local schools to focus on prevention and intervention strategies to reduce trauma-related injuries and deaths.
Goal: ARMC trauma injury prevention programs seek to prevent the most critical
health risks for Americans through education and prevention techniques.
Trauma injuries are the leading cause of death of individuals between
the ages of 1 and 44 nationally. Each year, millions of people are injured,
which results in temporary or permanent disabilities. Trauma centers can
use teachable moments generated by injuries to implement effective prevention
strategies. Through our injury prevention programs, our goal is to decrease
the number of injuries and deaths due to trauma.
https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/overview/key_data.html
Elder Prevention Programs
Falls are a significant public health problem that affects 1 in 3 older adults. Falls have devastating outcomes in older adults. Falls may result in decreased function, fear of falling, limiting activities, increasing healthcare cost, and even death (CDC, 2012). The program’s goal is to reduce the fall risk for older adults, people aged 58 and older, through education, intervention, and community resources. ARMC has partnered with the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence, Fall Prevention Coalition. The mission of the coalition is to reduce fall risks for older adults through education, advocacy, planning, and community action. For more information on how to make your home safer to prevent a fall or to attend a fall prevention class, please call 909-580-1376.
https://homemods.org/resources/
Falls and Hip Fractures among Older Adults
Older Adult Drivers Program
The CarFit Educational Program was created by the American Society on Aging and developed in collaboration with American Automobile Association, AARP, and the American Occupational Therapy Association. The CarFit Program is a community-based educational program that offers older drivers the opportunity to discover how well their cars “fit” them so they can become safer and more comfortable behind the wheel. The CarFit Program was designed to promote safe driving and mobility among older adult drivers, and encourages education and awareness about safety information related to driving. A CarFit check takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. To schedule a CarFit appointment, please call 909-580-1376.
http://www.cdc.gov/Older_Adult_Drivers/
Child Prevention Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
The Fountain of Life: Reflections Program is a multi-faceted community-based
/ hospital-based program. Its goal is to meet the needs of the community
through Restorative Justice Practices. The purpose of the program is to
provide at-risk youth with a glimpse into true life and death situations
as a catalyst to promote self-correction. The program seeks to ensure
that victims, offenders, and the community receive guidance, mentoring,
education, and skills to make better lifestyle choices. The program provides
educational services to at-risk youth to reduce delinquency, drug and
alcohol use, distracted driving, violence, and incarceration. ARMC’s
Trauma Center has partnered with the Fountain of Life and local schools
to provide a four hour once-a-month program (the last Saturday of each
month) that consists of approximately 10-20 youths and their parents.
The Fountain of Life: Reflections Program has an impressive 94 percent
success rate. For more information about the program please call 909-580-1376.
http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention
Every 15 Minutes
Every 15 Minutes is a school and community-based alcohol prevention program which is essential in helping to reduce and eliminate alcohol use among adolescents. This program is designed to dramatically instill in teenagers the potentially dangerous consequences of drinking alcohol and texting while driving. The program challenges students to think about drinking, texting while driving, personal safety, and the dangerous consequences of their actions. In addition, this program includes the participation of the police and fire departments, high school staff, ARMC trauma staff, video production crew, community officials, district attorney's office, funeral homes, and a wide cross-section of the community. The goal of the program is to bring together a broad coalition of interested local agencies and reduce alcohol-related incidents / motor vehicle accidents among youth. ARMC participates in Every 15 Minutes annually to help reduce motor vehicle accidents.
https://www.chp.ca.gov/programs-services/programs/youth-programs/every-15-minutes
Car seats and transportation safety
Car accidents are among the leading causes of death in children. California
law requires children to be properly restrained in a child safety seat
or booster seat until age 8. Know the laws in your area and keep your
child out of the ER by using proper car restraints every time he or she
gets in a motor vehicle. ARMC has trained child passenger safety technicians
who teach families how to transport their children safely. If you need
help on how to properly install your child’s car seat please call
and schedule a FREE car seat assessment 909-580-1376.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/on-the-go/Pages/default.aspx
Safe Kids Worldwide/ Safe Kids Inland Empire
ARMC’s Trauma Center has partnered with Safe Kids IE to help keep
kids safe. For more information and resources please visit:
https://www.safekids.org/
Safety tips on bike and car safety, fires, burns, pedestrian and water
safety to help keep children safe.
Drowning Prevention
Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children between
1 and 4 years old. It’s the third-leading cause of death among children.
ARMC’s Trauma Center has partnered with the Safe Kids IE Drowning
Prevention Network to help prevent drowning-related deaths and injuries.
Help prevent drowning-related death or injuries by never leaving children
alone in or around water. For more information please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water-Safety/
Other Prevention Programs
Screening and Brief Intervention Program
Drinking alcohol increases a person’s chance of being injured or
even killed. Alcohol is a factor, for example, in about 60 percent of
fatal burn injuries, drownings, and homicides, 50 percent of severe trauma
injuries and sexual assaults; and 40 percent of fatal motor vehicle crashes,
suicides, and fatal falls (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).
Inpatients from accidents or injuries resulting from >.08 blood alcohol
levels receive intervention therapy from an injury prevention specialist.
The focus is on skill building resources to assist the first offender
from subsequent offenses involving alcohol use. For more information about
Rethinking Drinking and resources please visit:
http://rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/
http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/binge-drinking.htm
Heatstroke Awareness and Prevention
To help prevent tragic and unnecessary deaths due to heatstroke ARMC hosts
an annual educational awareness campaign in August that is geared toward
educating parents, children, and caregivers.
The Campaign Encourages Everyone to ACT
A: Avoid heatstroke-related injury and death by never leaving your child
alone in a car, not even for a minute. Always lock your doors and trunks
– even in your driveway. And keep your keys and key fobs out of
the reach of kids.
C: Create reminders. Place something you'll need at your next stop - like
a briefcase or cell phone - next to the child safety seat. It may seem
simple, but can be a helpful reminder on a chaotic day.
T: Take action. If you see a child alone in a car, take action. Call 911.
Emergency personnel are trained to respond to these situations.
See more at:
http://www.safekids.org/preventing-heatstroke#sthash.A9P1ZOTg.dpuf
http://www.cdc.gov/extremeheat/children.html
http://www.cdc.gov/extremeheat/warning.html
Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD is an anxiety disorder that some people experience after seeing or
living through a traumatic event. When in danger, it’s natural to
feel afraid. This fear triggers many split-second changes in the body
to prepare to defend against the danger or to avoid it. This “fight-or-flight”
response is a healthy reaction meant to protect a person from harm. But
in PTSD, this reaction is changed or damaged. People who have PTSD may
feel stressed or frightened even when they’re no longer in danger.
For more information regarding PTSD please visit the link below:
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd
PTSD Coach Online: Self-help tools to help build coping skills
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/apps/ptsdcoachonline/default.htm