Trauma Services Programs
Chandler Regional Trauma Injury Prevention and Outreach
Chandler Regional Medical Center is an American College of Surgeons (ACS) Verified Level 1 Trauma Center. Community Educators from the Trauma Services team work within the community to provide injury prevention and health education.
Programs:
- Stop the Bleed
- Matter of Balance
- D4: Dignity Doesn’t Drive Distracted
Stop the Bleed
Dignity Health’s Stop The Bleed training program teaches the public the immediate and lifesaving interventions that can and need to be performed when mass hemorrhage occurs due to a traumatic injury. The purpose of this training is to empower the public with the simple but powerful tools and techniques to intervene and ultimately save lives.
Funding from generous donors has allowed the educators to deliver over 100 Stop the Bleed trainings and train and certify over 3,000 people. We’re happy to share that Stop the Bleed kits exist in all middle schools and high schools within Chandler, Gilbert and Tempe, various public and private businesses to ensure the safety of our community.
Matter of Balance Class – Preventing falls in the East Valley
A Matter of Balance is an award winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels. Chandler Regional Medical Center’s Trauma Services partners local fire departments and older adult communities around the East Valley to deliver a “train the trainer” curriculum. The goal to help people develop prevention strategies and community program to help educate and empower older adults. Matter of Balance addresses one of Chandler Regional Medical Center’s top mechanism of injuries, ground level falls. It is evidence based and has shown to decrease number of falls and fear of falling in older adults.
D4: Dignity Doesn’t Drive Distracted
The most common injuries seen at Chandler Regional Medical Center’s Level 1 Trauma Center are those resulting from motor vehicle accidents. The majority of these accidents involve distracted or impaired drivers and occur mostly among the 16-20 year-old age group.
As part of the Trauma Center’s community outreach, the Dignity Doesn’t Drive Distracted Program (D4) was created. This program was developed with the intent of reducing and preventing motor vehicle accidents by raising awareness and educating the community on the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. More specifically, D4 utilizes up-to-date trauma registry data, technology such as impaired and distracted driving goggles, an electric go-kart and real-world scenarios to change driving behaviors in people of all ages.
The goal of D4 is to see a marked decrease in the incidence of motor vehicle collisions resulting from distracted or impaired driving. The curriculum is focused on high school students and is also be available to other organizations in the community such as 55+ communities that surround our hospitals.
Through funding from generous donors, Chandler Regional’s Trauma team was able to purchase a SIDNE Go-Kart that is used to educate on the dangers of distracted and impaired driving.
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