title: Injury prevention and the national agenda-can we make america injury free?
abstract: The development of pediatric surgery as a specialty has its roots in disaster medicine. In recent years, the medical community and population at large have begun to acknowledge injury prevention as a public health priority. Domestic terrorist attacks and natural catastrophes over the last decade have highlighted the need for disaster preparedness. Recognition of the unique problems that the pediatric-age population can encounter in a natural or manmade disaster situation has exposed a new facet of injury prevention. Recounting the history of pediatric trauma care and identifying current efforts for injury prevention are essential toward achieving an injury-free America.
authors: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. hirshm@ummhc.org
authors: Michael P
authors: MP
authors: Hirsh
authors: Anthony L
authors: AL
authors: Deross
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000266:history*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000266:history*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D014194:Traumatology / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control