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Listen "Concho Valley County Medical Society Grows Hard Hats for Little Heads Program"
Episode Synopsis
The Texas Medical Association’s (TMA’s) Hard Hats for Little Heads outreach program started in San Angelo in 1994. More than 30 years later, the Concho Valley County Medical Society is ensuring the program continues to grow in the city.
“Medicine is a caring profession where we're trying to give back to guide patients for healthier lives,” said Stuart Abramson, MD, the immediate past president of the Concho Valley County Medical Society. He has hosted Hard Hats events for over 8 years.
Hard Hats is TMA’s longest-running outreach program. Texas physicians have distributed more than 424,000 helmets to Texas children since its inception. The program aims to reduce head injury among Texas children while on a bike, riding a scooter and skating. A properly fitting helmet can prevent almost all head injuries – up to 85%.
“We could care for one or two kids in the ER after they got a traumatic brain injury or after they have a skull fracture or a major concussion, or we could work on ways to … prevent these injuries by just giving them a helmet to protect them,” said Josiah Ward, DO, a pediatrician and the medical society’s current president.
In addition to the Hard Hats events, the county medical society also held its first Texas BookShare event – a TMA outreach program that promotes literacy.
Learn more about how this medical society is giving back to the community through the Hard Hats and Texas BookShare programs, in a new TMA Health Beat podcast episode.
“Medicine is a caring profession where we're trying to give back to guide patients for healthier lives,” said Stuart Abramson, MD, the immediate past president of the Concho Valley County Medical Society. He has hosted Hard Hats events for over 8 years.
Hard Hats is TMA’s longest-running outreach program. Texas physicians have distributed more than 424,000 helmets to Texas children since its inception. The program aims to reduce head injury among Texas children while on a bike, riding a scooter and skating. A properly fitting helmet can prevent almost all head injuries – up to 85%.
“We could care for one or two kids in the ER after they got a traumatic brain injury or after they have a skull fracture or a major concussion, or we could work on ways to … prevent these injuries by just giving them a helmet to protect them,” said Josiah Ward, DO, a pediatrician and the medical society’s current president.
In addition to the Hard Hats events, the county medical society also held its first Texas BookShare event – a TMA outreach program that promotes literacy.
Learn more about how this medical society is giving back to the community through the Hard Hats and Texas BookShare programs, in a new TMA Health Beat podcast episode.
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