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Introduction
How
to Implement a Community-Based Designated Driver Program
Program Planning
Operations
Partnerships
Program Marketing
Evaluation
Tips
for Specific Groups
Community
Organizations
Employers
Educators/College
Groups
Criminal Justice
Medical
and Health Care Community
Hospitality
Industry and Retailers
Armed Forces
Publicity
and Promotion
Working with
the Media
Calendar of
Year Round Ideas
Media Q&A
Resources
Partners and
Resources
Publications
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MEDICAL
AND HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY
Medical and health care professionals are among the first to see the consequences
of an impaired driving crash. Partnering with them provides a means to promote
positive messages and prevent the crashes to which they respond. Medical,
public health and emergency service organizations you can contact include:
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- Local hospitals,
- Fire departments,
- Physicians and nurses,
- Local health department,
- Emergency medical
service providers,
- Local American Red
Cross chapters and
- Veterans Hospitals
(VA).
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Activities
that incorporate medical and health care professionals into your program might
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- Confirming that hospitals
or clinics have standard policies regarding the release of intoxicated individuals.
- Making sure that physicians
and pharmacists inform patients and customers that alcohol and certain prescription
drugs do not mix, especially when driving.
- Partnering with community
groups that organize Designated Driver programs.
- Contributing funds
or providing volunteers to Designated Driver programs.
- Writing a column for
the local newspaper about the consequences of drinking and driving.
- Setting up a program
to identify and measure the cost to the community of caring for those injured
by impaired drivers.
- Speaking to community
groups about the effects of impaired driving, as well as alternatives to
impaired driving such as designating a sober driver or taking a safe ride
home.
- Responding to a mock
crash at a local high school, in cooperation with law enforcement and community
and student organizations.
- Hosting tours of the
emergency department for students and other groups.
- Incorporating impaired
driving issues into the curriculum for first year medical students, giving
future doctors greater insight into both the societal and medical problems
related to impaired driving.
- Using your community's
emergency department or rehabilitation center as the background for Designated
Driver news conferences. Besides providing a highly visual backdrop, the
site is a reminder of the real-life consequences of driving after consuming
alcohol or drugs.
- Distributing impaired
driving prevention and Designated Driver promotional materials in waiting
rooms, admittance desks or cash registers.
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