Session Details

Panel Discussion

What's Known, What’s New and What’s Needed in Injury Prevention

Saturday, December 2, 2023, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
SALONS A/B/C/D
Moderator:
Michael Levas, MD, MS
Michael Levas, MD, MS
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical Director, Project Ujima
Associate Director, Comprehensive Injury Center at MCW
Vice Chair of Diversity, Department of Pediatrics

Panelists:
Lorrie Lynn, MA, CPSTI
Lorrie Lynn, MA, CPSTI
Manager, Injury Prevention Programs
Coordinator, Safe Kids San Diego
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
llynn@rchsd.org

Rohit P. Shenoi, MD
Rohit P. Shenoi, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Kiesha Fraser Doh, MD
Kiesha Fraser Doh, MD
Pediatric Emergency Physician
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Emory University

Ashley Blanchard, MD, MS
Ashley Blanchard, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
ab3923@cumc.columbia.edu

Description:

This session will highlight the work of our esteemed colleagues in a myriad of injury prevention topics including firearms, drowning, sleep related injuries, suicide, and youth with autism spectrum disorder. The panelists will highlight new trends in epidemiology and intervention strategies. They will further identify gaps in their fields and describe potential solutions to improve future injury prevention efforts.

Objectives:

1. Describe existing disparities in drowning burden and access to drowning countermeasures.
2. Formulate an injury prevention framework to address pediatric drowning.
3. Understand existing burden of SUID, current trends and best practice recommendations.
4. Describe existing disparities in firearm injuries.
5. Formulate an injury prevention framework to address firearm injuries.
6. Understand the trends of injury among children with autism and their unique injury risk and available interventions.