EMS & Injury Prevention System Branch

Prescriptions play major role in state’s overdose epidemic by Hawaii News Now “In Hawaii, drug overdoses kill more people than guns, car accidents or drownings. Every day, emergency rooms see people who have overdosed on drugs. Doctors in the state treat close to 4,300 people each year. And according to the state Department of Health, ...
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Becoming A Mother Workshop Series: Preparation for Parent Success Joanne Viloria, Program Coordinator—Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii ...
Read More Becoming A Mother Workshop Series: Preparation for Parent Success For parents, birth is a powerful event that leads to one of the biggest transitions in life. In order to help alleviate the anxiety, frustration or postpartum depression (PPD) many new parents commonly experience, Healthy Mothers ...
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Safe Kids Hawai‘i is the state coalition led by Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children Lisa Dau, RN, BSN – Injury Prevention Coordinator ...
Read More Safe Kids Hawai‘i is the state coalition led by Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children Preventable injuries are the number one killer of kids in the U.S.  According to Safe Kids Worldwide, 8,000 families lose a child every year because of a preventable injury. Hawai‘i ...
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Preventing Infant Deaths through Safe Sleep Education Melissa Nagatsuka, MPH – Project Coordinator Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii ...
Read More Preventing Infant Deaths through Safe Sleep Education Unintentional suffocation is a leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injury among infants1 and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants between the age of one month and one ...
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Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children Officially Receives Level III Pediatric Trauma Center Designation Renewal Casey Golden, APRN, MPH— Trauma Program Coordinator ...
Read More Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children Officially Receives Level III Pediatric Trauma Center Designation Renewal Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children (KMCWC) is proud to announce that the hospital has officially received re-designation approval from the Hawai‘i State Department of Health as a Level III ...
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New Director of Queen’s Medical Center’s Trauma and Outreach Cora Speck, MS, MBA -Trauma Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator ...
Read More New Director of Queen’s Medical Center’s Trauma and Outreach Doris Warner was selected to serve as Director of Queen’s Medical Center’s Trauma and Outreach Program. As such, she is tasked with improving the quality of patient care, overseeing data collection and reporting, research, and ...
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Big Island Trauma Advisory Council collaboration aims to provide quality care for our military trauma patients on the Big Island ...
Read More Big Island Trauma Advisory Council collaboration aims to provide quality care for our military trauma patients on the Big Island Kimberly Bastien RN, CEN CFRN—Trauma Program Manager The collaborative efforts of the Big Island Regional Advisory Council (BITAC) support optimal care for trauma patients of the Big Island. Through the Hawaii State Trauma System, ...
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Safe Hawaii Award 2015 Therese Argoud MPH – Program Manager ...
Read More Safe Hawaii Award 2015: Bruce McEwan It’s rare to have a partnership with an individual that spans so many years of significant work and that marks many milestones and progress. For injury prevention, Bruce McEwan, is such an individual. Bruce chaired the Governor’s Taskforce on Accident Prevention and Injury Control ...
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https://www.theconnectprogram.org Good Shepherd Episcopal Church will host workshops on suicide prevention, called Connect. The objectives for this training are to build awareness around the issue of suicide, its’ risks and protective factors, learn how to Connect with someone who may be thinking of suicide, and then Connect them to resources. Workshop schedule: Friday, November 20, ...
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