title: Injury prevention.
abstract: Emergency medicine plays a significant role in injury prevention through the use of public health models that link injury data to prevention programming, research, and advocacy. The day-to-day experiences in the emergency department provide a picture of the injury problem in a given community and give the emergency practitioner a real-world basis for injury prevention efforts. This article covers the basics or injury prevention, including defining the problem, discussing data and conceptual aspects of injury prevention, and systematically identifying successful approach to reducing the burden of injuries.
authors.affiliation: Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. linda.degutis@yale.edu
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Degutis
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greve
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*