The American Trauma Society presented a Injury Prevention webinar on September 30, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT:


Implementation & Assessment: Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death, and Injury (STEADI)

Join the ATS and Kelly Urban, PhD, MEd, RN, CCRN-K, TCRN, and the Education, Outreach and Injury Prevention Coordinator at UAMS Medical Center for an Injury Prevention Webinar - "Implementation & Assessment: Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death, and Injury (STEADI)." Falls are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the older adult. A key way to help reduce the risk of falls is to identify individuals at risk and work to lessen the identified risks. The CDC has developed an evidence-based toolkit for primary care providers to use, titled Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death, and Injury (STEADI). This webinar will discuss the key findings of a recent study looking at the effectiveness of implementation strategies, specifically education and dissemination of written materials, on the implementation of the STEADI toolkit in prima


Presenter: Kelly Urban, PhD, MEd, RN, CCRN-K, TCRN, and the Education, Outreach and Injury Prevention Coordinator at UAMS Medical Center