EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MOBILIZE FOR SAFE DRIVING

Emergency physicians are constantly confronted with treating accident victims who could have avoided their injuries. To deal with this problem the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is taking an active role in the area of preventive emergency medicine. Their aim is to educate the public and to accomplish this they have developed a public service campaign on drunk driving and distributed a television public service announcement on child restraints. Future efforts will include education concerning seat belts and motorcycle helmets. The ACEP Board of Directors recently voted to join with the Insurance Information Institute (III) to develop a cooperative public education program. By combining resources they hope to have an even greater impact on public attitudes and actions.

• Corporate Authors:

  Smith (Philo) and Company, Incorporated

  20 Summer Street
  Stamford, CT  United States  06901
• Authors:
  • Barkin, K
• Publication Date: 1985-1

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 21-25
• Serial:
  • INSURANCE REVIEW
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Disasters and emergency operations; Drunk driving; Education; Hazards and emergency operations; Helmets; Manual safety belts; Medicine; Physicians; Prevention; Publicity; Safety; Safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident avoidance
• Old TRIS Terms: Preventive medicine
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450228
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 606
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM