During the week of 2 to 5 May, it is celebrated the 1st National Meeting of Traumatology and the 13th National Meeting of Rescue 2017 at the parking lot of Ramón Llull plot at the Tarongers Campus of the Universitat de València.
The traffic accidents cause human and economic damages, being a real concern of public security and health.
In addition, a remarkable percentage of occupational accidents must be included in the area of road accidents, a percentage that increases dramatically in the case of fatal occupational accidents.
Despite the considerable efforts which are being made by all the Institutions, the WHO is still warning that traffic accidents are the eighth cause of death in the world. In Spain, a high percentage of accidents in itinere and in mission are due to road accidents.
In a balance of road accident of 2017 published by the Directorate-General for Traffic shows values of 1000 fatal accidents in rural roads, among them, almost 1200 people died and 5000 needed hospitalisation.
It is worth stressing, according to data from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Hygiene (INSHT), the high rate of traffic accidents in the workplace, which requires greater training, prevention and awareness policies in order to prevent the accidents in the professional environment, guaranteeing a greater safety to the employees.
All this makes the Road and Occupational Safety or should not be considered as a key element on which to act to achieve improvement in the safety and health conditions of citizens and workers. It is necessary that all public institutions related to this matter make an effort to address this issue in a preventive and formative way, improving the social awareness and decreasing the road accidents and its consequences for society.
It has been achieved and celebrated the 1st National Meeting of Traumatology and the 13th National Meeting of Rescue 2017 through a joint work between the The Provincial Fire Consortium of Valencia (CPBV), the Professional Association of Rescue in Traffic Accidents (APRAT), the Vice-Principal for Academic Planning, Teaching Staff and Sustainability, the Health and Safety and the Environment Service (SPMA), the Faculty of Nursing and Chiropody, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, the Security Department, the Medical students association in emergency and urgency (AEMES.
Last 21 December 2016, a collaboration agreement was signed to organise and perform this Meetings.
The 1st National Meeting of Traumatology will take place in Valencia on 2 and 3 May, and the 13th National Meeting of Rescue will be held on 4 and 5 May. Both meetings will take place at the parking lot of Ramón Llull plot of the Tarongers Campus of the Universitat de València.
The main objective of the 1st National Meeting of Traumatology is to develop and encourage the knowledge and skills of the participating health and non-health staff, trying to generate situations as real as possible where the most updated trauma life support procedures can be applied.
The combination of conferences of relevant topics and three simulation scenarios make this event one of the most important of the National territory in the politraumatised outpatient’s treatment; in addition, it enriches the institutional relationships and improves the care quality in several emergency services.
During this sessions, it is involved the participation of the University Research Institute on Traffic and Road Safety, INTRAS, of the Universitat de València.
Lectures will take place from 09:30 to 10:30 at room 101 of the Aulario Norte of Tarongers Campus. Manoeuvres will be performed in the morning from 11 to 14 hours and in the evening from 15 to 19 hours in the parking lot of the Ramón Llull plot. Attending lectures and accessing the manoeuvres area will be free for the whole university community.
Generally, the pursued goal of the 8th National Meeting of Rescue is to catch up on knowledges and technics used in traffic rescues with the aim of get a unique work procedure for all the Firefighters Services of Spain. But the most enriching thing about these meetings is the way they share experiences, publicize society about the big efforts done by this collective day after day and to show commitment to continuously improve and look for excellence in their procedure ways in front of traffic accidents’ rescues. Both the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of Valencia and the APRAT have experience in these kind of events and they are a national and international referent when it comes to traffic accidents.
Manoeuvres of the Meeting of Rescue will be performed in the morning from 11 to 14 hours and in the evening from 15 to 19 hours in the parking lot of the Ramón Llull plot. Entering the manoeuvres area will be free for the whole university community
The Closing Event of the 1st Meeting of Traumatology will be celebrated on 3 at 20 in the Palau de l’Exposició located in Calle Galicia, 1 of Valencia. The Closing Event of the 8th Meeting of Rescue will be held in the same place at the same time.
From the Office of the Vice-Principal of Academic Regulations, Teaching staff and Sustainability along with the Health and Safety and the Environment Service want to stand out the fact that going to work in public transport reduces the number of in-itinere accidents, diminishes the city noise and decreases ambient CO2 levels that affect negatively to the climate change and the health of citizens.
During those days, a food collection campaign intended for homeless families will be carried out. The collection point will be one of the canopies of the manoeuvre zone at the parking of the Faculty of Teacher Training
We hope you can join us during this sessions.
Contact: prevencio@uv.es
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