RCPI Public Meeting - Traffic Medicine

20 March 2015

Time: 17:30 - 19:15

Venue: 6 Kildare St, Dublin 2

Admission: Free / Open to Members of the public and healthcare professionals

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Book by 19/03/2015

Dr Flaura Winston, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), along with a panel of experts will discuss the prevention of young driver fatalities on our roads.

Young Drivers: What you don't know could kill your child

Professor Winston, the keynote address, is an internationally recognised expert on ADHD, a practicing paediatrician at the UPENN and doctoral-trained engineer (UPenn) with a background in public health and research. Professor Winston believes that prevention is better than cure and will discuss research and practical advice on

preventing young driver crashes;
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD);
traffic injury prevention and treatment;
promoting appropriate use of child restraint;
secondary prevention of traumatic stress after medical trauma.

As part of the discussion around preventing road deaths of young drivers, she will include initiatives on improving teen driving, particularly during the first six months. Additionally she will discuss the positive impacts of and initiatives to reduce drink driving across all age groups.

However, not all crashes can or will be prevented and in such cases Professor Winston will discuss how to optimize safety and present research findings that demonstrate how we can reduce the risk of injury by up to 50% with restraint use.

This meeting is part of a national initiative aimed at increasing the awareness among medical professionals and the wider public about fitness to drive and safety on our roads.

Panel

Prof Desmond O’Neill, Director of the National Programme Office for Traffic Medicine and Consultant Physician in Geriatric and Stroke Medicine at Tallaght Hospital.
Dr Declan Naughton, Director, Road Safety Authority.

Chair

Ms Moyagh Murdock, CEO, Road Safety Authority.

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