Injury Prevention Helpful Links

DSHS Injury-Related Websites

• EMS Trauma Systems
  This program regulates Texas emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma systems. This website contains information about EMS certification, licensing, trauma designation, and more.
   
• Governor's EMS & Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC)
  GETAC promotes, develops, and maintains a comprehensive EMS/Trauma System.
   
• Product Safety
  This program works to protect the health, safety, and welfare of Texans by reducing the risk of illness, injury, or death resulting from the reasonable, foreseeable, and customary handling or use of hazardous, or potentially hazardous, consumer products, including children's products.
   
• Safe Riders
  This program provides helpful information about child passenger safety (CPS) including links to related local and national websites.
   
• Texas Poison Center Network
  This network provides emergency treatment information to Texans for poisonings or toxic exposures.

National Injury Websites

• American Trauma Society (ATS)
  ATS is a nationwide, nonprofit, voluntary organization dedicated to the prevention of trauma and improvement of trauma care.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  CDC has information on disease outbreaks, health topics, injury prevention, and emergency preparedness as well as other public health topics.

• Children's Safety Network (CSN)
  CSN is a resource center for maternal and child health and injury prevention professionals in state and territorial health departments who are committed to reducing injuries and violence among children and adolescents.

• Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMS-C)
  The EMS-C funds states and U.S. territories to expand and improve emergency care for children through research, partnership, and practice. The EMS-C is the only federal program focused specifically on improving the quality of children's emergency care.

• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
  FARS contains data on all U.S. vehicle crashes that occur on a public roadway and involve a fatality in the crash.

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
  MADD's mission is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime, and prevent underage drinking.

• National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention (National Center)
  The National Center provides technical support and collects data for child fatality reviews. They assist child death review and fetal and infant mortality review programs throughout the U.S.

• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
  NCIPC is a national program to reduce injury, disability, death, and costs associated with injuries outside the workplace.

• National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA)
  NDPA is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the incidence of drowning and preventing tragedy around water. The alliance maximizes efforts to prevent drowning through the development and implementation of strategies to facilitate and improve education, public awareness, effective barrier codes, and greater utilization of layers of protection.

• The EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC)
  EIIC is a national resource center to optimize outcomes for children across the emergency care continuum by leveraging quality improvement science and multidisciplinary, multisystem collaboration.

• National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS)
  NEMSIS is a national effort to standardize the data collected by EMS agencies. NEMSIS is the national repository with a goal to store EMS data from every state in the nation.

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
  NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

• National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM)
  NIHCM is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to transforming health care through evidence and collaboration.

• National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) 
  NVDRS is a national database linking the "who", "when", "where", and "how" from violent death data to provide insights into the "why" the deaths occurred.

• Safe Kids Worldwide
  Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children ages 14 and under.

• Safe States Alliance
  Safe States is a national non-profit organization of professionals committed to strengthening the ability of state, territorial, and local health departments to reduce death and disability associated with injury and violence.

• Think First
  Think First offers programs to educate young people about personal vulnerability and risk taking.

• The World Health Organization (WHO)
  The WHO is an international health work authority that strives to bring the highest level of health to all people.

• Web Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
  WISQARS is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data.

• Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
  WONDER is a CDC database to provide access to public health information for state and local health departments.

Texas Trauma Organizations

• Texas Trauma Coordinators Forum (TTCF)
  TTCF promotes and addresses educational needs of the various facilities and institutions that provide trauma care in Texas.
   
• Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF)
  TETAF was created to further develop the Texas EMS, trauma, and acute care systems.

The Texas Department of State Health Services does not endorse external links to other websites. These links are informational and may not be accessible to individuals with disabilities.