For Immediate Release:

Please contact:

Terry Krohn, Director

Two Rivers Public Health Department

701 4^th Avenue, Suite 1

Holdrege, NE  68949

308-995-4778

1-888-669-7154

March 28, 2011

 

Two Rivers Public Health Department wants to remind you that it only takes a moment for an injury to happen – a fall on a stair; a moment’s glance away from the road, a biking or sports related injury, a medication mix up.  But it also takes just a moment to protect against injuries and make communities safer.  Each year, nearly 150,000 people die from injuries and almost 30 million people have injuries serious enough to visit the emergency room.  Furthermore, every day in the U.S., about 75 people die as a result of unintentional poisoning and another 2,000 are treated in emergency departments.

 

Injuries are not “accidents”, and we can prevent them from happening.  Taking actions such as wearing a seatbelt, properly installing and using child safety seats, wearing a helmet, and storing cleaning supplies and medications in safe locations are important ways to proactively promote safety and prevent injuries.

 

Taking simple steps within our families and our communities to create a place where “Safety is NO Accident” will help prevent injuries and create safer places to live.  Together, we can make injury and violence prevention a priority in all areas of life:  at work, at home, at play, in your community and anywhere people are on the move.  We all need to do our part to prevent injuries and violence in our communities.

 

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