The Center has initiated prevention programs actively collaborated with community-based prevention and education organizations, motor vehicle manufacturers, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration and state, county and local legislators.
Please click on a link below or simply scroll down the page to learn more about a specific program.
High Risk Adolescent Trauma Prevention Program
Program Coordinators: Beverly Dearing, RN, MSN and Debbie Yohn, RN
Phone: 410-328-2035
E-mail: prevention@umm.edu
The High Risk Adolescent Trauma Prevention Program began in 1979 and has continued and expanded. The target population of this program is high school students with drug and alcohol problems associated with driving and other high-risk behaviors. The program is a partnership surrounding metropolitan counties (Department of Juvenile Justice, Office of Substance Abuse and other agencies). The program at Shock Trauma includes an on-site tour of the Center along with education about the consequences of drinking, drug use, and driving, and a problem solving session addressing alternative actions to avoid these situations. The nurses go to several counties and residential schools to provide the program. Research indicates significant positive changes in attitudes toward drinking and driving, riding with someone who has been drinking, and preventing a friend from driving after drinking. The cost of this program is $60.00.
SADD / STARS / SHOP (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
Program Coordinators: Beverly Dearing, RN, MSN and Debbie Yohn, RN
Phone: 410-328-2035
E-mail: prevention@umm.edu
Shock Trauma also has a relationship with SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) that includes a visitation program at the Shock Trauma Center. The program staff are regular speakers at high school health classes, SADD meetings and school-wide assemblies.
Adult DWI/DUI Offenders Pgoram
Program Coordinators: Beverly Dearing, RN, MSN and Debbie Yohn, RN
Phone: 410-328-2035
E-mail: prevention@umm.edu
The Adult Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program is partnered with the judicial system and the Division of Parole and Probation, Drunk Driving Monitor Program (DDMP). Adult DWI offenders are referred to Shock Trauma for an educational experience similar to the teen program. This program occurs monthly on a Saturday morning and has about 40 participants each month. The program has been in existence for 10 years. The cost of this program is $120.00.
Positive Alternatives to Dangerous and Destructive Decisions (PADDD):
For more information, please visit the PADDD program online at www.paddd.com.
Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
Program Coordinators: Beverly Dearing, RN, MSN and Debbie Yohn, RN
Phone: 410-328-2035
E-mail: prevention@umm.edu
December is recognized as National 3-D Month (Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month). The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center hosts and is a partner in an alcohol-free beverage mix-off at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, Student Union Building. Co-sponsors of this event include members of the Baltimore County Traffic Safety Coalition, Baltimore County Police, the Bureau of Substance Abuse, AAA and Fox 45. The purpose of the event is to increase public awareness regarding the consequences of drinking and driving, and to encourage Maryland citizens to celebrate safe holidays. Recent legislative changes regarding impaired driving, which could affect Maryland’s citizens, are highlighted during the mix-off.
Drug and Alcohol Prevention Community and Professional Outreach
Program Coordinators: Beverly Dearing, RN, MSN and Debbie Yohn, RN
Phone: 410-328-2035
E-mail: prevention@umm.edu
The prevention staff is extremely involved with the community and participates in community health fairs and fire department community days using an educational display. The Shock Trauma Center, through its prevention staff, has membership in the Impaired Driving Coalition, the Underage Drinking Coalition. The staff represents Shock Trauma as guests on local radio and television shows and annually participates in the candlelight vigil for 3D month (national drunk and drugged driving prevention awareness campaign). The staff has also developed two videos, America’s Deadliest Weapon, focusing on the consequences of drinking and driving and a new video focusing on the consequences of marijuana use and driving. Both videos are used for prevention education.
The staff presents prevention lectures at ALS re-certification programs to more then 300 paramedics, and participates in orientation to new residents at the Shock Trauma Center. The staff has also teaches in a national trauma symposium. Both Beverly Dearing and Debbie Yohn are Certified Prevention Professionals in the State of Maryland.
Requests for displays can be made by e-mailing Beverly Dearing and Debbie Yohn at prevention@umm.edu.
Violence Prevention Program (VPP)
Program Director: Dawn Eslinger
Phone: 410-706-0550
Visit the Violence Prevention Program Website
This hospital based, community driven program is a collaborative effort to break the cycle of interpersonal violence in Baltimore City and surrounding neighborhoods. Partnerships include the School of Medicine, the School of Social Work, the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, the Shock Trauma Center, the University of Maryland Emergency Department, the Maryland Division of Parole/Probation, and the Department of Juvenile Services. The VPP provides intensive social work & community outreach services to repeat victims of violent injury who are treated at the hospital. The programs service delivery is based on a research initiative conducted by Carnell Cooper, MD, et al. to identify risk factors for repeat victims of violent injury (1994-1997). The VPP offers free individual counseling sessions, family meetings, and peer support groups to its program participants. Focal points of such services often include conflict resolution, healthy decision making, positive parenting techniques, crisis intervention, and personal goal development. The VPP also has a Parole/Probation Agent on staff for those participants in need of community supervision. Referrals to other community service providers for job training, substance abuse treatment, and psychiatric services are provided when needed.
Promoting Healthy Alternatives for Teens (PHAT)
Program Coordinator: George Stallings, MA
Phone: 410-328-7146
Visit the Promoting Healthy Alternatives for Teens (PHAT) Website
Promoting Healthy Alternatives for Teens (P.H.AT.) is a hospital-based program that focuses on youth issues surrounding interpersonal violence. The purpose of P.H.A.T. is to enhance the lives of teenagers by promoting healthy coping mechanisms and conflict resolution skills to prevent violence and reduce criminality due to violence. P.H.A.T. incorporates tours of the Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore City Medic Unit (BCMU) testimonials of victims and perpetrators of violence, creative self-expression through spoken word and role playing exercises. The program is designed to expose the youth to the positive and negative consequences associated with decision-making. Shock Trauma tours are interactive in nature. Youth are introduced to a variety of hospital staff and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding their respective professions. Over 550 youth have taken part in PHAT events.
Domestic Violence Awareness Initiatives
Program Director: Amy C. Sisley, M.D., MPH, FACS
Phone: 410-328-3055
The Domestic Violence Task Force formed in 2001 as a coordinated effort to educate Baltimore’s health care community about domestic violence. A comprehensive approach was implemented to address this serious problem. This is carried out by the following three objectives: 1) education through inservicing the Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU) nursing personnel on the screening process for domestic violence patients, 2) community outreach through hosting an annual domestic violence seminar during Domestic Violence Month in October, and 3) research through studying the prevalence and severity of domestic violence cases seen in a trauma center including the financial burden on the community. In conjunction with the above objectives, Shock Trauma offers lectures to EMS providers that increase their knowledge in the following areas: increased awareness of Domestic Violence in our society, screening patients of domestic violence, the resources available to help victims and what they can do to prevent domestic violence in their communities.
Program Coordinator: Jaime Huggins
Phone: 410-328-8844
The EMS Office in the Shock Trauma Center created a three-hour educational program that would meet the needs of high school students. The program provides information on potential health care careers such as nursing, physician, and rehabilitation, as well as informing them of volunteer opportunities and a prevention component that discusses the consequences of driving after drinking or taking drugs. The program is attended by 160 students per session and is offered four times a year. In addition to the program, a break is offered so the students have an opportunity to interact with health care careers such as rehabilitation services, the Maryland State Police Aviation Command and Air Force C-STARS (Center for the Sustainment of Trauma And Readiness Skills) program.
Public Education/Public Policy for EMS
For more information, please contact Jim Radcliffe
Phone: 410-328-2701.
Shock Trauma works collaboratively with Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) and the National Study Center in developing, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of prevention and public education programs through the sharing of specialized data related to specific prevention and education questions. Our physicians participate in the federally funded Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) study to investigate crash dynamics, learn injury patterns and develop strategies for injury prevention. In addition, the Center participates in the MIEMSS Trauma Quality Improvement Council (QIC) through our Trauma Registrar and Trauma Nurse Coordinator.
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