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Annotation: This report addressed to state legislators reviews the public policy aspects of traumatic brain injury, including the services such patients require; what federal assistance is available; what private insurance coverage applies; how states finance and deliver services to people with traumatic brain injuries; and how long-term care is handled. There is also a resources list of organizations that work in this area.

Keywords: Costs, Critical care, Injury prevention, Injury severity, Insurance, Legislation, State government, Trauma care, Traumatic brain injuries, Treatment

Annotation: This scripted presentation was adapted from a report entitled "Cost of Injury In the United States: A Report to Congress, 1989" which was prepared by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Johns Hopkins University at the request of Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It provides some data on injury types and causes, with motor vehicles and firearms accounting for 50 percent. The information presented illustrates that beyond social and emotional costs, injuries have a devastating economic price. Six areas of injury are discussed: motor vehicles, firearms, falls, poisonings, drownings, and fire and burns. The guide presents information from this report in graphic form in order to provide useful tools to advocates who will explain the economic consequences of the problem of violence in the United States.

Keywords: Advocacy, Advocacy, Audiovisual materials, Burns, Costs, Drowning, Falls, Firearms, Fires, Injuries, Injuries--types, causes, agents, Injury prevention, Injury severity, Injury surveillance systems, Morbidity, Mortality, Motor vehicles, Poisons, Resources for professionals, Slides, Statistics, Tobacco, Training materials, Trauma care

Annotation: This poster lists indicators for potential air medical transport for children and adults including signs of organ system failure, revised trauma scores, and the Glasgow coma scale. The poster is available in two sizes. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Emergency medical services, Posters, Transportation, Trauma care, Triage

Annotation: This report describes the evaluative study of five state Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program grantees awarded in 1987. The state grantees are Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine, Washington, and Wisconsin. The following agencies funded EMSC programs: the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resources Development (BMCHRD); and the Office of Maternal and Child Health (OMCH). Other documents related to this report are the "Emergency Medical Services for Children Grantee Abstracts, " and a formative evaluation for each of the five state EMSC grantees.

Keywords: Emergency Medical Services for Children, Federal grants, Program evaluation, State plans, Trauma care

Annotation: This project was designed to develop an Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program in California. The project worked with a variety of local organizations in order to collect and analyze data on pediatric emergency medical services (EMS) systems. An injury severity index was developed to predict outcomes and to determine how specialized care would affect outcomes, and the cost of pediatric emergency medical services care was calculated. These data were used as the basis for proposing a rural EMSC system for communities with a variety of EMSC resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: American Academy of Pediatrics, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Critical Care, Data Collection, Emergency Medical Services, Health Professionals, Rural Population, Trauma

Annotation: This booklet is designed to assist those working with the head injured child who is reentering school. It presents information about traumatic head injury (THI), including causes, severity, incidence, age differences, recovery and rehabilitation, assessment of the THI child, effects and aftereffects of THI, hospital discharge, re-entry planning and returning to school. Resources are listed including a bibliography, national organizations and medical information. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Children, Head injuries, Injury prevention, Kansas, Long term care, Post injury care, Rehabilitation, Resources for professionals, Schools, State plans, Trauma care, Treatment

Annotation: This article in FDA Consumer deals with head injury, the causes, emergency treatment and early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. It contains good references to nonprofit sector for recovering head injury victims.

Keywords: Data, Emergency medical services, Head injuries, Injury prevention, Protocols, Rehabilitation, Trauma care