EN CARE is the injury prevention institute of the Emergency Nurses Association. EN CARE and ENA are committed to reducing the number of preventable injuries through public education, professional training courses and legislative advocacy.
The main goal of this committee is to reduce injury and violence related morbidity and mortality by developing, promoting, evaluating and disseminating programs for emergency health care professionals and the community.
The Injury Prevention Institute provides professional training and develops up-to-date programs and resource materials to educate the young, the adult, and the mature adult communities. More tha n 5,000 emergency nurses, EMT's, adn law enforcement officers have been trained to teach ENA's injury prevention programs in local communities.
This committee works to organize the efforts of injury prevention education programs in the state of Michigan. There are currently educational programs developed on the following topics:
- Alcohol Prevention Education:
- Dare to Care
- Safety Education:
- Bike & Helmut Safety
- Child Passenger Safety
- Gun Safety: It's NO Accident
- Healthy Aging Education:
- TAKE CARE I: Safe Medication Use and Falls Prevention for Mature Adults
- TAKE CARE II: Safe Mobility for Mature Adults
EN CARE Committee members:
Kathy Woloiec, kathywo@mclaren.org,
