Rainbow Injury Prevention Center

2011

Mocktail Party
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital kick of the holiday season with 12th Annual Mocktail Party. Event is a fundraiser for the Greater Cleveland Safe Kids/Safe Communities Coalition and is a great opportunity to remind party hosts to have “mocktails” or non-alcoholic beverages. Fox 8 was at the event and Westlake Patch provided residents with recipes.

Toy Safety
Ohio Public Interest Research Group and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital remind parents to look at toys before buying them this holiday season. Story was featured on WOIO, NewsNet5, WKYC and WTAM.

Pedestrian Safety
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital offers tips to stay safe as children walk to school.

Mandy Thomas, Safe Kids Greater Cleveland Coordinator at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, offers Halloween Safety tips. Story was featured on WKYC and WTAM.

Booster Seat Media
Jennifer Walker, Communications Coordinator, and Tom Vilt, Child Passenger Safety Coordinator, at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital discuss booster seat safety with WKYC and Fox 8.

Summer Safety Media
Fireworks
Dr. Anthony DeRoss, Director of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, advises caution with fireworks over Fourth of July holiday.

Hyperthermia
Local family and doctors from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, including Dr. Anthony DeRoss, Dr. Michael Anderson and Dr. Max Wiznitzer, warns families of the dangers of leaving children in hot cars. Story was featured on WOIO, Fox 8, NewsNet5, WKYC and the News-Herald.

To demonstrate how hot a car gets, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital baked s’mores in the car. Story was featured on Fox 8, Canton Repository and Plain Dealer.

ATV Safety
Dr. Anthony DeRoss, Director of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, informs of ATV safety.

Dr. Anthony DeRoss, Director of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, reminds parents how to keep their children safe over the summer with tips about car seats and bicycle helmets.

Click It or Ticket Media
Campaign Kick Offs
Children in Euclid, North Royalton and Cleveland Heights were looking to spread their message of seat belt safety by sending off balloons to remind motorists to “buckle up for a kid that loves you.”

Safety Travel Kits
Local police departments, including Berea, Solon, South Euclid, Pepper Pike and Euclid, offered community members free Safe Summer Travel Kits featuring a tire gauge, road atlas, $5 gas gift card, children’s activity books, crayons, restaurant gift cards, crash report guides, and a seat belt tip sheet.

Bicycle Safety Media
Mandy Thomas, Safe Kids Greater Cleveland Coordinator at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, discusses importance of wearing a properly fit bicycle helmet every time a child rides a bike.

University Hospitals Celebrates New Center for Emergency Medicine with Community Open House

March of Dimes
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital sponsors March of Dimes walk to help raise money for care of premature babies. Story was featured on WOIO, PR Newswire, WKYC and Fox 8.

Child Passenger Safety Media
Jennifer Walker of Rainbow Injury Prevention Center talks about safe installation of car seats.

Kathryn Wesolowski, Injury Prevention Program Manager at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, talks about the importance of following the recommendation of  keeping children rear facing.

Tom Vilt, Child Passenger Safety Coordinator for UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Rainbow Injury Prevention Center, discusses the car seat recommendations of keep children rear facing until two-years-old.

Northern Ohio Poison Control Center Media
Dr. Alfred Aleguas, University Hospitals and Northern Ohio Poison Control Center as  offers hair care product warning.

Dr. Alfred Aleguas, University Hospitals and Northern Ohio Poison Control Center, shows the dangers that may be in a woman’s purse for National Poison Prevention Week.

National Poison Prevention Week’s focus is on fighting against prescription drug abuse.

Dr. Alfred Aleguas, University Hospitals and Northern Ohio Poison Control Center, discusses health risks of BPA in plastic bottles and other items.

Traumatic Brain Injury Media
Susan Connor, PHD, Research Manager at Rainbow Injury Prevention Center, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, spoke at the Brain Injury Town Hall at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital as a part of Sarah Jane Brain Project’s 40+ state national brain injury awareness campaign.

Super Bowl Media
Cuyahoga County Safe Communities Coalition offer Super Bowl game day party hosting kits to local communities. Each kit contained a football-shaped bowl for guests’ keys; a recipe guide with non-alcoholic beverages; a $5 Discount Drug Mart gift card for drink ingredients and two $5 Ace Taxi vouchers. Police Departments encouraging fans to stay safe include Berea, North Royalton, Parma Heights, Westlake, Middleburg Heights and Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Department.