with the impact of injuries

Changing Attitudes: WITH THE IMPACT OF INJURIES

Written by A Community on Tuesday, August 08, 2009 No Comments

A new report released today by SMARTRISK reveals the true cost of injuries in British Columbia

The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada was released today. The BC chapter of the report was prepared in partnership with The Community Against Preventable Injuries (The Community) and The BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit (BCIRPU).

Preventable injuries remain the leading cause of death for those aged one to 44, and are still one of the largest cost contributors to our healthcare system. Preventable injuries are a silent epidemic that causes immeasurable human pain and suffering and needlessly drains critical resources from BC’s health care systems – resources that could be saved and redirected towards critically important needs within our health care system.
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Injuries Cost BC $2.8 Billion!

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A new report released today by SMARTRISK reveals the true cost of injuries in British Columbia

Preventable injuries cost each person in BC $665 per year (based on 2004 data).

The direct (health care) cost is $1.6B and the indirect cost is $1.2B for a total of $2.8B.

The Community focuses on preventable injuries which account for 81% of the total injury cost = $2.3B

It’s not just about the money – the real issue is the human cost:

In 2004, 1,620 British Columbians lost their lives to injury and 9,900 were permanently disabled. Thousands more were indirectly affected when their loved ones were hurt, permanently disabled or killed.

To read the full report visit the What’s New section of: www.injuryresearch.bc.ca

Preventable injuries remain the leading cause of death for those aged one to 44, and are still one of the largest cost contributors to our healthcare system.

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In The Province: “If I was sober, I wouldn’t have crashed”

Written by robertwillis on Tuesday, August 08, 2009 3 Comments

No Helmet: Daniel reflects on the night he messed up his skull, and his life

Stories by Cassidy Olivier, staff reporter

In 2007, more than 1,000 cycling injuries that required hospitalization.

Daniel McCash doesn’t remember much about that night last November when he crashed his bicycle and struck his head against a lamppost.

The few details he does know have been provided by friends, who were there, and watched him flip over his bike’s handlebars and fly head first into the metal pole. It was his friends who told him he was coasting down a street in east Vancouver around 4 a.m. on Nov. 15, 2008. It was his friends who saw him lose of control of his bike when, riding without his hands, he failed to round a corner, hitting a curb instead and sailing through the air. And it was his friends who’ve told him how when they came to help; he was barely conscious and had dark, thick blood pouring from his nose.

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A new report released today by SMARTRISK reveals the true cost of injuries in British Columbia

No Helmet: Daniel reflects on the night he messed up his skull, and his life

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