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Save Your Neck Program |
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The Save Your Neck program is designed to increase public
awareness about neck and spinal injuries with the ultimate goal of preventing
those injuries.
Tens of thousands of people each year receive permanent
spinal injuries as a result of rear end crashes. Many of these are not
externally visible injuries, but damage to critical nerves, joints, ligaments,
and bones. Most of these life changing injuries can be prevented or minimized
with proper seat design and public awareness. |
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Why Save Your Neck? |
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The
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
has determined that
headrests that are rated good reduce neck injury rates.
However, in one recent study, only a small portion of drivers
had their head restraints in the correct position. For
drivers that were protected by a good system: |
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Drivers in cars with head restraints rated good are 24 percent less
likely to suffer neck injuries in rear-end crashes than drivers with head
restraints rated poor. Percentages of drivers with neck injuries ranged
from 22 percent of those with good head restraints to 27 percent of those
with poor head restraints.
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Female drivers have higher neck injury rates overall than male drivers --
30 percent versus 23 percent.
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Neck injury likelihood was 36 percent lower among female drivers with good
head restraints than among females with poor restraints. Among male
drivers, the risk reduction was 10 percent with good head restraints.
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Drivers 65 and older have lower neck injury rates overall than younger
drivers -- 13 percent versus 27 percent among drivers 50 to 64 years old
and 33 percent among drivers 49 and younger.
Want to see more research?
Click here for PubMed
articles on whiplash and head restraints research since 1990 |
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How can I participate in the Save Your Neck Day? |
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Save Your Neck is an inclusive event. This means that we want volunteers
from all walks of life. Here are some examples of how you can participate:
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Medical Professionals:
Sponsor a Save Your Neck Day Event at your clinic! Provide our press
release kit to your local paper and have patients bring in friends and
family for a
Save Your Neck Car Check. Market your
event to insurers, attorneys, and primary care doctors.
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Insurers:
Sponsor an event at your claim centers. Provide a press release to the
local media and then send announcements to all patients involved in a car
accident and/or to all insureds. Have your insureds come in for a
Car Check.
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Attorneys:
Sponsor an event at your office. Provide a press release to the local
media and send announcements to your clients. Have your clients come in
for a
Car Check. Show them that you care
enough to Save their Necks.
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Patients:
Secure a local sponsor. Hand out brochures at your work place or mall. Set up a booth at a busy
spot in your community and perform a
Car Check
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Save your neck demonstration
news clip
Contact
the Spinal Injury Foundation to enroll your sponsored site today! For
the United Kingdom
email or phone Karen O'Donahue at 0117-904-5792. The neck you save might be a loved
ones.
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Informational Materials |
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International Contributors: |
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Add On Headrest by Wedge Support Products, United States
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Thatcham, England
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BRAKE, England
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Lyons Davidson Law Firm, England
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Melbourne Whiplash Center, Australia
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