Years of Potential Life Lost Quiz

Study Notes

Illness and injury result in potential life loss, impacting individuals' ability to work and contribute to society.
Researchers calculate Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) by summing deaths in a population at each age and multiplying by remaining years up to age 75.
Medical conditions like heart disease and cancer result in lower YPLL than traumatic events, even if patients survive but remain incapacitated.
Teachable moments make safety messages more effective, such as near misses, injuries, or illnesses.
Factors of a teachable moment include injury or illness, receptiveness of audience, and a definitive preventive measure.
Prevention interventions include education, enforcement, engineering, and economic incentives.
Education can inform people of potential dangers, persuade behavior change, and tailor messages to specific groups.
Enforcement can lead to legislative or technological changes, requiring compliance with safety practices.
Engineering can offer passive interventions, such as airbags, to provide automatic protection without conscious behavior change.
Economic incentives provide monetary incentives to reinforce behavior and encourage safety product usage.
Combination of active and passive interventions is the most effective strategy for prevention.
EMS has a role in primary, secondary, and tertiary injury prevention, established in 1996 as an ucmessential activity.
Primary prevention stops injuries or illnesses before they begin, secondary prevention prevents problems from worsening, and EMS culture has changed to include more primary prevention efforts.
EMS is widely distributed within the population, medically educated, and considered advocates for the healthcare consumer.
EMS providers can work in concert with patients and their families, welcome into your schools and other environments, and are considered authorities on injury prevention.
Primary prevention is an essential activity for EMS since they are widely distributed within the population, medically educated, considered advocates for the healthcare consumer, and have a cultural role within schools and other environments.