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National Injury Prevention Day July 5th, 2023

July 5th, 2023 is National Injury Prevention Day (NIPD).

TAC is once again partnering with Parachute to promote the NIPD Hospital Challenge.

What could your program or your hospital do with an extra million dollars? Is wanting to reduce pressure on your emergency services high on your wish list? Take up our challenge to join our work to prevent injuries – and prevent those cases from needing your hospital care.

The recently published Cost of Injury in Canada report shows that, in one year, preventable injuries from collisions, falls, poisonings, drownings and violence cost the Canadian healthcare system $29.4 billion. That’s $56 million per day. Direct costs – costs incurred by hospitals for medical supplies, diagnostic imaging, drugs, ambulance transportation, emergency care costs, hospital care costs, physician services fees and rehabilitation costs – make up the vast majority at $20.4 billion.

NIPD brings an opportunity for us to shine a light on the preventability of injuries. It’s a chance to come together across disciplines to raise awareness that we have effective solutions to keep people from getting seriously injured or killed and to stop them from needing hospital/trauma services.

What can you do? There are many ways that your hospital and teams can get involved to recognize and participate in National Injury Prevention Day. Here are a few ideas and we’re sure you’ll think of more.

• Light up your building(s), sign(s), or other areas green, the signature colour for safety.
• Tie green ribbons to places within the hospital
• Serve green food, e.g., ice cream, candies
• Wear green T shirts
• Share information about the cost of injury with your teams

Go to the NIPD Hospital Challenge webpage https://parachute.ca/en/program/national-injury-prevention-day/nipd-hospitalchallenge/ to fill out a brief form on how your hospital will participate in the 2023 National Injury Prevention Day on July 5, 2023!

Find more information here!