Never leave children unsupervised for even a moment around a pool, spa, bathtub, toilet, bucket of water or standing water. Never drink alcohol while operating equipment or engaging in physical activity. Don't forget to wear eye protection whenever necessary. While playing sports, make sure you wear protective equipment designed for that activity. Wear an approved safety helmet and other protective equipment whenever biking, riding or skating. Wear your seat belt at all times when riding in a vehicle You can reduce or prevent trauma by taking simple precautions: In Southwest Riverside County, motor vehicle accidents cause the vast majority of trauma treated at Inland Valley, while falls are the second leading cause of injury. Up to age 34, trauma kills more people than all diseases combined.
Injury is the leading cause of death up to age 44. One in 12 deaths is the result of trauma, according to the American College of Surgeons. Physical therapists and other rehabilitation specialists help maximize a patient's recovery from trauma with both inpatient and outpatient programs.Īn emergency helipad at Inland Valley provides a landing area for helicopter ambulances to provide swift transportation to the hospital and to other hospitals as necessary. They work closely with physicians and nurses to provide key therapeutic or diagnostic services to trauma patients. Non-nursing care providers may include respiratory therapists, radiologic technologists and laboratory technicians. Additional nursing care for trauma patients is available throughout the hospital. Many of these nurses also hold national certification in their nursing specialty. In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), registered nurses trained in critical care medicine and advanced life support coordinate the trauma patient's nursing care. As a designated Paramedic Base Station, Emergency Department physicians and nurses can begin providing care even before the patient's hospital arrival by using a special radio link to paramedics and other emergency aid personnel in the field. Full-time registered nurses in the Emergency Department also have training in ACLS, along with Trauma Nursing Care Certification (TNCC), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse certifications. Physicians staffing the Emergency Department 24-hours a day are emergency medicine specialists trained in advance cardiac life support (ACLS). Surgical suites can be fully staffed and equipped for emergency surgery within minutes. Trauma surgeons provide the foundation for Inland Valley's trauma care and typically direct the overall care of the injured patient. In fact, trauma care is considered a surgical specialty and may require the resources of virtually every facet of a hospital's operations.
Specially trained physicians and other healthcare providers at Inland Valley perform immediate assessment, resuscitation, emergency surgery and stabilization of trauma patients.Ī common misconception is that hospital trauma care is only provided in the Emergency Department. In Southwest Riverside County, Inland Valley Medical Center is the only hospital designated a Trauma Center by the county's Emergency Services Agency.
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