As Suffolk County’s highest level trauma center, Stony Brook Trauma Center is equipped to handle even the most difficult and serious life-threatening injuries.

But the Trauma Center is also involved in community outreach to help residents learn how to prevent injuries and deal with them when they happen.

Among our many prevention programs are the  Teddy Bear Clinics, a school-based initiative for kindergartners, which encourages car and helmet safety while giving students the opportunity to dress up like doctors and nurses and ‘take care’ of their stuffed animals.

Evidence-based Senior Fall Prevention educational programs, like Stepping On and Tai Chi, help seniors improve balance and remain independent and safe. Our Traffic Violators Program, a collaboration with the Suffolk County Police Department and Traffic and Parking Violation Agency, provides more than 50 adults per month, who have been ticketed for a moving violation, with information about the consequences of risky driving and techniques for behavior change.

In an effort to help the public cope with emergency situations, Stony Brook  offers  Basic First Responder Training, teaching life-saving skills including hands-only CPR, tourniquet making, and more at no cost to schools, community groups and companies.

Additional outreach efforts include Sports Safety Clinics, Teen Driving Initiatives, Safe Kids “Safety Games,” Parent Information Sessions and more are available FREE to organizations in our community.

Learn more: https://trauma.stonybrookmedicine.edu/injury-prevention/programs