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  Slips, Trips, and Falls: The Inside Story

  June 26, 2017 at 6:16 pm / Uncategorized

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), slip, trip, and fall injuries cost the US economy over $172 billion in 2013. That cost includes the medical and lifetime work-loss costs from fall injuries. Slips, trips, and falls are a big problem in the United States and around the world. To stop these injuries, we need to better understand the problem. Fortunately for us, thousands of studies have looked at the problem with falls. Fortunately for you, […]

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  How to Prevent Falls with The ALERT System

  January 11, 2017 at 8:15 pm / Slips and Falls

    It all starts with a fall. It is obvious that you can’t have a fall injury without a fall. However, we have a false sense of security because in our own personal histories we have survived many falls without serious consequences. Our challenge is that it’s nearly impossible to predict which falls will cause injuries and which ones will just be embarrassing. So our mission must be to prevent all falls, but can falls be prevented? Of course, we […]

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