On Friday, April 5th, Jamaica Hospital’s Trauma Department hosted a trauma prevention workshop at the Howard Beach Senior Center.
The purpose of this event was to reach out to Queen’s senior population to educate them on injury prevention, fall prevention, poison prevention, pedestrian safety, and fire prevention and to help decrease the number of preventable trauma/injury related events, therefore decreasing hospital admissions from these preventable injuries.
There were over 50 members of the Howard Beach Senior Center who attended the workshop. The members were extremely engaged in the presentation and were appreciative of the speakers who gave presentations. In addition to the variety of topics that were presented, the seniors were also given brochures, safety tips, and educational materials related to injury prevention.
The event was coordinated by Mrs. Nicolle Tuccillo, MHA, RPA-C/Trauma Program Manager at Jamaica Hospital and Dr. Patricia Gentile, Administrator for Jamaica Hospital’s Trauma Department.