Disaster preparedness is a misleading concept. No organization is ever truly prepared for a disaster event. Most preparedness activities are directed toward what is known as an “All Hazards” concept. It is extremely difficult to plan for every possible type of event that could impact a community.

Children are injured every year from riding bikes because they simply forgot a vital component of bike riding – the helmet.

Learn how you can Become a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST)

The Outdoor Stand-Up Temperature Display is an excellent tool to create awareness of how a vehicle can quickly heat up in the sun to where the inside temperatures would kill a child. Available for Use for Maryland Community Events

Certified child passenger safety technicians will complete a check-list and teach you how to install and use your car seat correctly. 

Get hit by a car? That will never happen to me most think but unfortunately as the number of distractions increase for both drivers and pedestrians so does the risk for getting hit by a car.

This conference is a one-day educational opportunity to provide current issues and trends related to the trauma patient. Objectives Discuss current methods of diagnosis and management of patients with traumatic, complex injuries Discuss the pre-hospital and hospital practices routinely given to patients with traumatic injuries Identify complications related to the care of the trauma patient … Continued

During the 2003 Legislative Session, the Maryland General Assembly adopted the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund to aid Maryland’s trauma system and to reimburse trauma physicians for uncompensated care losses and trauma centers for trauma-related on-call expenses.

Download PDF Statistics on Maryland Roadway Fatalities