Every time someone buckles their seatbelt, puts on a bicycle helmet or places their child in a car seat, they are utilizing the evidence base built over decades by the field of injury prevention research.
Researchers attribute the success of injury prevention research to its collaborative, multidisciplinary nature. It brings together diverse backgrounds and expertise to examine a health issue from all perspectives.
When Dr. Patrick Carter began his career as an emergency physician, he knew he wanted to be part of a team working to bring evidence-based solutions to some of the most complex issues in injury prevention.
Carter wanted to better understand firearm injuries and how to prevent those injuries from happening in the first place. As an emergency physician, he realized early on in his clinical training that waiting until a patient was in the trauma bay was often too late.