Download or read book An Aging America Implications for Elderly Injury Prevention Programs Within the Fire Service written by Keith B. Richter and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire departments providing these services are having an increased demand placed on them as more elderly people live in our communities. One successful strategy to help reduce the service demand from the elderly is to conduct injury prevention training. Many successful programs were cited which have positively affected the injury rates among the elderly. The report recommends that the fire service change its traditional attitudes about our service and consider injury prevention as a primary responsibility. The Tucson Fire Department should initiate a community based elderly injury prevention program. This program should solicit active involvement from a number of local agencies and combine resources to train at-risk senior citizens in preventing injuries.
Download or read book Fire and the Older Adult written by U. S. Fire Administration and published by FEMA. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report delineates the fire risk factors and presents the statistics regarding the fire problem among the elderly in the United States.
Download or read book A Resource Guide for Injury Control Programs for Older Persons written by Leah Dible and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Rural America s Elderly written by Patricia La Caille John and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire and the Older Adult written by U.s. Department of Homeland Security and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 2004, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) launched its most comprehensive and intensive public fire education campaign for elderly Americans. A FIRE SAFETY CAMPAIGN FOR PEOPLE 50^'PLUS provides detailed fire prevention information to assist fire departments and other USFA partners in mitigating the risk of fire fatalities and injuries among the 50 and over population. This report, Fire and the Older Adult, analyzes the fire risk to persons aged 65 and older as a complement to that campaign. The report provides an extensive review of the fire situation for older adults in the United States and evaluates fire risk factors and risks of fire injury and fatality among that population group. On average, more than 1,000 Americans aged 65 years and older die each year in home fires and more than 2,000 are injured. In 2001 alone, 1,250 older adults died as the result of fire incidents. Moreover, the elderly are 2.5 times more likely to die in a residential fire than the rest of the population. With the U.S. Census Bureau predicting that increases in the senior population will continue to outpace increases in the overall population, the elderly fire problem will undoubtedly grow in importance. After offering an overview of the U.S. demographics of the 65 and older population, this report discusses how physical, emotional, social, economic, and residential factors have unique impacts on seniors.
Download or read book Implementation Guide written by National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year in the United States, about three of every four fire-related deaths and injuries occur because of home fires. Seniors are at particularly high risk for injury and death from residential fires. In fact, people over 65 years of age are three times more likely to die in a residential fire as people younger than 65. Having physical or mental impairments, using chemical substances such as medicines and alcohol, and living with smokers or in substandard housing are some of the risk factors that make older adults more vulnerable to fire injury and death. Although most fires and associated injuries could be prevented, a large number of households lack working smoke alarms, which could alert them in case of fire. Other households may not be aware of fire safety actions they can take that could potentially save their lives. Effective residential fire safety interventions, including smoke alarm installation and fire prevention education, have been proven to reduce the risk of injury and death, particularly among high-risk households. Therefore, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) have created the Fire Safe Seniors Program to help organizations like yours to plan and implement fire safety interventions for the high-risk group of older adults.
Download or read book Prevention written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remembering when written by National Fire Protection Association. Center for High-Risk Outreach and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remembering When a Fire and Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults written by National Fire Prevention Association and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Burns Volume 1 written by Marc G. Jeschke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this volume provides updated information on acute burn treatment. It also discusses genomic responses to burns and novel techniques in this area. Divided into four topical parts, this book provides insights into the history, epidemiology, prevention of burns, as well as initial and pre-hospital management of burns, acute burn care and therapy, and non-thermal burns. All chapters have been edited by leading world authorities on burn care and offer readers a broad overview of the techniques and outcomes in this area. Please also have a look at "Handbook of Burns Volume 2 - Reconstruction and Rehabilitation 2nd edition".
Download or read book Departments of Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 2234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fire and Fall Prevention for Older Adults written by Virginia. Center for Injury and Violence Prevention and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
