Publisher:  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Format:  Hands on workshop for students http://partyprogram.com/Default.aspx?cid=5&lang=1

Audience:  Administrators, educators, guidance councilors, health professionals, student leaders, and others

Application/relevance to curriculum:The P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) Program is a one-day, in-hospital, injury awareness and prevention program for youth age 16 and older. Developed in 1986, this program is a vital component of the growing community effort to reduce death and injury in alcohol, drug and risk-related crashes and incidents.The goal of P.A.R.T.Y. is to provide young people with information about trauma (injury) that will enable them to recognize potential injury-producing situations, make prevention-oriented choices, and adopt behaviours that minimize unnecessary risk. Twice weekly during the school year, the P.A.R.T.Y. program is offered to groups of 35-40 students, accompanied by a teacher or adult leader.

Students follow the course of injury from occurrence, through transport, treatment, rehabilitation and community re-integration. They interact with a team of health care professionals and EMS that includes a paramedic, a police officer, nurses, a physician and social worker.  The students are given information about:

▪        basic anatomy and physiology,

▪        the mechanics of injury,

▪          the effect that alcohol or drugs have on decision making, risk assessment, concentration and co-ordination,

▪          the nature of injuries that can be repaired, and those that cannot, and

▪          the effect of injury on families, finances and future plans.