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Basic principles of Public Health |
Public health is defined as the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community Through the use of preventive medicine health education control of communicable diseases application of sanitary measures and monitoring the environmental hazards |
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Public Health laws |
Illness and prevention These laws give Public Health officials the necessary legal tools to perform their jobs
Policy powers for public health agencies These laws allow Public Health entities when necessary to act in the general interest of the public
Epidemiological tools 2009 the public health law research program was established AIDS Public Health entities in promoting effective Regulatory and legal solutions to public health problems |
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Epidemiology |
Branch of medicine that deals with the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations
It is the study of the factors that influence the frequency distribution and causes of injury and diseases and other health-related events in a population
Detects the source and cause of infectious disease and other health events
Primarily concerned with frequency and patterns of health events that occur in a population
Years of productive life is a calculation made by subtracting the age at death from 65
Injury refers to intentional or unintentional damage to a person
Injury risk is a hazardous or potentially hazardous situation that puts people in danger of sustaining injury
Primary prevention is keeping an injury from ever occurring
Secondary prevention is medical care or rehab activities that help to prevent further problems aka tertiary prevention |
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Public health and EMS |
Health promotion EMS personnel can take steps to inform the public about injury and illness prevention
Disease surveillance Disaster management Injury prevention example educating public about swimming pool safety and car seat safety
Medical personnel are high-profile role models and as such can have a significant impact on the reduction of injury rates Intentional injuries make up about one-third of all injury deaths |
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Organizational commitment |
Protection of EMS providers Promote response scene and transport safety PPE should be issued and used on every call Education of EMS providers Data collection Collection of records of patient illnesses and injuries is important in keeping trends |
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Preventable injuries in the public |
Educate infants and young children of parents about backing up safety in cars properly restraining their children proper bicycle etiquette example helmets MVA are now called MVcs few collisions are accidents something caused the crash Car accidents are responsible for over half of all deaths from unintentional injuries alcohol use is a factor in about half of all motor vehicle fatalities Falls account for the largest number of preventable injuries for persons over 75 |
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Implementation of preventable strategies by EMS personnel |
Scene safety of the response team then the patient then bystanders Recognize scene hazards be aware of your surroundings Document findings Engaged in on scene education Know your Community Resources Under the guidelines of OSHA employers and employees share responsibility for standard precautions Back injuries are the most common injury leading 2 disability amoung ems workers |
