From June through August, the Indiana State Department of Health will hold a statewide Trauma Tour. Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention staff, along with local stakeholders, will hold open house style meetings in all 10 Indiana public health preparedness districts for Hoosiers to learn more about trauma, how state and local agencies currently respond to trauma and how a trauma system could help the state. Most importantly, the goal is to gather person al stories of how trauma has affected those in Indiana.
The ISDH has identified District 10 (Knox, Daviess, Martin, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Crawford, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer and Perry counties) as a leader in the development of an organized regional trauma system plan. Evansville is the first stop in this statewide tour. The St. Mary’s Trauma education team will participate with other health providers at the vendor fair. Congressman Larry Bucshon will be attending as well.
This event is Tuesday, June 30, from 2-5 p.m. at the Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center, 1901 Lynch Road, Evansville, IN. It is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but anyone can sign up at: http://www.in.gov/isdh/26642.htm.
Traumatic injury is the No. 1 killer of Hoosiers under the age of 45; the same is true across the country and worldwide. Injury is the fifth most common killer of Hoosiers of all ages. Traumatic injuries kill young people in the prime of their lives, impacting society as a whole in health costs, lost productivity and emotional distress.
