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Injury Prevention Community Outreach

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The Queen’s Medical Center works diligently with community partners to provide educational resources to benefit the people of Hawaii. This includes wellness initiatives, educational talks, support groups, chronic disease management, health screenings and sponsorship of health-related nonprofit organizations.

Helmet Program

In collaboration with The Department of Health Neurotrauma Supports, Queen’s Injury Prevention and outreach team travels throughout the community to provide free helmets. We teach adults and keiki how to properly fit helmets, while giving them educational resources. Our goal is to emphasize the importance of wearing helmets. We take requests to teach educational classes and have helmet fittings at schools and events.

To schedule a class or helmet fitting, please fill out Queen’s Community Event Request form.

For more information on how to fit a safety helmet, click here.

See the following resources for additional information on helmet safety:

Stop the Bleed

The Stop the Bleed campaign is an initiative developed by a federal interagency workgroup convened by the National Security Council Staff and The White House. The purpose of the program is to build national resilience by better preparing the public to save lives, and raise awareness of basic actions to stop life-threatening bleeding in the event of emergencies or man-made and natural disasters.

This workshop is led by The Queen’s Medical Center’s Injury Prevention and outreach team. The class empowers attendees and teaches them proper techniques for bleeding control. For example, those participating in class will learn how to apply dressings and tourniquets using their hands. The workshop is in a lecture format and includes hands-on demonstrations.

Join us to help Stop the Bleed. Save a Life.

Due to COVID-19, class signups are temporarily on hold. For more information, call 808-691-7059 or click here to learn more.

Injury Prevention Advisory Committee

In collaboration with The Hawaii State Department of Health and other community partners, Queen’s Trauma Services, Emergency Medical Services, and Injury Prevention Branch are members of the Injury Prevention Advisory Committee (IPAC). To work towards a safe and injury-free community, we are involved in a variety of ways:

Impaired Driving

We are proud to be a part of the Strategic Highway Safety Plan Committee, where we collaborate with community partners in helping the fight against impaired driving.

For more information, please see the Hawaii Strategic Highway Safety Plan.

A Matter of Balance

Many older adults experience concerns about falling and restrict their activities. A Matter of Balance is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels.

Due to COVID-19, classes are being held virtually. For more information, call 808-691-7117.

Car Seat Program

Queen’s Injury Prevention and outreach team is dedicated to keeping the keiki of Hawaii safe. We offer free monthly car seat installations and checks by appointments only.

To learn more about car seat safety, please visit the KIPC website.

Due to COVID-19, car seat checks are being held virtually For more information, call 808-691-7117.

Hawaii State law requires that children require a booster seat or passenger restraint when riding in vehicles until they are 10-years-old or over 4ft 9inches in height. Rear-facing or forward-facing child passenger restraints (car seats) are required until the child reaches 4 years of age, and children MUST be in a rear-facing restraint until they are 2 years old. Violators of this law are required to attend a 4-hour class and may be fined $100.00 -$500.00.

 

For more information on keiki injury prevention, click here.