Emergency Help in Multicultural Society

Language problems

All of the above mentioned problems are further aggravated by the fact that Canada is a very multicultural society. It is nearly impossible to foresee who will be using the first aid kit, therefore in most cases instructions given in any one or two languages are likely to be useless.

• Test choosing

• Aid help problems

• Speded

• Accessibility

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• $27B lost to the economy annually.

• 3.5 million visits to emergency rooms.

• More than 60,000 disabilities.

• Injury costs Canadians more than heart and stroke disease.

• In 2018 in Canada, 17,691 persons died from unintentional and intentional injuries, including poisonings (excluding complications of medical and surgical care)

• 43 Canadians die every day.

• On a daily basis, over 9,300 Canadians are injured seriously enough to require medical attention.

• On average, 296 children (zero to 14 years) die from preventable injuries every year

• Injury is the No.1 killer of Canadians aged 1 to 44.

• The loss of life is equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every 10 days.

• Unintentional injuries were the 8th leading cause of hospitalizations among all ages; however, among children aged 1 to 9 years, unintentional injuries were the 2nd leading cause of hospitalization, after respiratory system diseases.

• Falls were the leading cause of injury hospitalization among all ages, while self-inflicted injuries were the 3rd leading cause of injury hospitalization among all ages, after falls and suffocation.

• Unintentional injuries were among the top 5 leading causes of hospitalizations for those aged 1 to 34 years and aged 80+ years.