Stop the Slip: Reducing Slips, Trips and Falls, The #1 Cause of Emergency Room Visits - Hardcover

Disch, Thom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0998354902 ISBN 13: 9780998354903

Publisher: Handi Products, Inc., 2017

Synopsis

   Slips, trips and falls are a chronic health problem in the US and around the world. Fall injuries are the number one cause of emergency room visits and the fourteenth leading cause of death in the US. The average person is 7 times more likely to die from a fall than from the flu and 3 times more likely to die from a fall than by a firearm. Since 1999, we have reduced deaths from heart disease 15%. Deaths caused by auto accidents are down 12%. But during that same time period deaths from falls have increased over 150%. Both injuries and deaths caused by falls are at record highs and the problem continues to grow. We've learned how to fix the human heart and we have made driving safer. Now is the time to focus on preventing fall injuries.
   The good news is that fall injuries are preventable. Everyone falls, but falls don't just happen, they're preceded by other events. When you eliminate those events, you reduce the risk of falling. Stop the Slip shows how you can avoid these injuries. Following the simple five step A-L-E-R-T System™ discussed in the book you will reduce your risk of falling.
   Thom Disch provides an entertaining and engaging look at: Why we fall; where we fall; the business side of falls; and most importantly how we can prevent and avoid fall injuries. The book is a comprehensive mix of research on the topic of falls and fall injuries mixed with real world stories and experiences about falls and their consequences.
   As you read this book you'll also discover many interesting and surprising facts. For example:

• Fall injuries are not just a problem for the elderly. 75% of all fall injuries happen to people under the age of 68.
• The annual economic impact of fall injuries in the US exceeds $150 billion, or more than 1% of our gross domestic product.
• Falls are the number one cause of traumatic brain injuries.
• Falls cause nearly 4 times more emergency room visits than auto accidents.

This is a topic that affects everyone. Reading this book is the first step to making yourself, your family and your friends safer.

About this title

About the Author

A leading expert and speaker on slip, trip, and fall injuries in the United States, Thom Disch has been compiling statistics and stories related to this healthcare crisis for ten years. He is a serial entrepreneur and owns several companies and nationally known brands, including Handi-Ramp (Handiramp.com), PetSTEP International (Petstep.com), and Industrial Toolz, Inc. (Industrialtoolz.com). Thom has developed dozens of products for the specific purpose of reducing and preventing slips, trips and falls. These products have won awards for innovation and many of his designs are patented by the US Patent and Trademark Office. He has sold millions of dollars of fall prevention products and solutions to homeowners, businesses and governmental offices. For more information about these slip, trip and fall prevention products visit www.stoptheslip.com/products. Thom holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Oakland University and a master's degree in management from Northwestern University.

From the Back Cover

Stop The Slip Summary

Slip, trip, and fall injuries represent a healthcare crisis in the United States!

Since 1999, we have reduced deaths from heart disease by 15%. Deaths caused by auto accidents are down 12%. But deaths from falls have increased over 150%. Both injuries and deaths caused by falls are at record highs and the problem continues to grow. We've learned how to fix the human heart and we have made driving safer. Now is the time to focus on preventing fall injuries.

Falls are the leading cause of emergency room visits in the US, with over 9 million injuries in 2015. Stop the Slip shows how you can prevent these injuries. Thom Disch combines personal, real life stories with an in-depth look at this problem. Everyone falls, but falls don't just happen,they're preceded by other events. When you eliminate those events, you reduce the risk of falling. Following the simple five step A-L-E-R-T System™ will reduce your risk of falling.

As you read this book you'll also discover many interesting and surprising facts. For example: Falls kill 7 times more people than the flu. Winter weather appears to be a much smaller cause of fall deaths than you might expect. Falls cause nearly 4 times more emergency room visits than auto accidents.

There is undeniable proof that falls are preventable.You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to learn how you can reduce the risk of a fall injury.

From the Inside Flap

According to data complied from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Falls killed 3 times more people in the United States than firearms and 7 times more people than the flu. (Figure 2.3).Falls are the #1 reason for emergency room visits every year, causing almost 4 times more visits than auto accidents (Figure 2.2).Falls cost the US economy over $150 billion per year in medical costs and lost wages (Figure 19.1). Falls are the number one cause of traumatic brain injury, resulting in four times more injuries than sports (factoid #2). In 2014, falls caused nine million emergency room visits, one million hospitalizations, and thirty thousands deaths (Chapter 2). Falls aren't just a problem for the elderly: 25 percent of fall injuries happen to children and 75 percent happen to people under age 68 (Figure4.6). The rate at which our eldery (over 65 years old) die from falls has doubled in the last 15 years (Figure 24.3).

Edition details

• Publisher: Handi Products, Inc.
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0998354902
• ISBN 13: 9780998354903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228