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Injury Matters

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Injury Matters

Helping people recover from injuries. Or, better still, avoid them altogether. We’re Injury Matters, WA’s injury prevention and recovery specialists. At home.

Our team has been helping people across WA prevent and recover from injuries since 1992. From road safety to trauma recovery and falls to substance-related harm, we lead vital, often life-saving injury solutions and collaborations that empower us all to live life to the full. At work. And on the go. Visit our website to find our information, resources and events.

23/04/2025

Mechanical force-related injuries occur due to direct contact with an inanimate object such as machinery, tools, and sports equipment, or from animate forces such as bites, person-to-person contact, and stings.

Join Injury Matters on 21 May, with guest presenters from Kidsafe WA and SafeFarms WA, to learn how to prevent them: https://loom.ly/Dl98i7w

20/04/2025

After experiencing road trauma, it can be difficult to navigate social media around news, footage of or comments about the incident. Read our blog on staying safe on social media post-crash for practical tips: https://loom.ly/d2EYLZk

18/04/2025

Do you know anyone who would be keen to become a volunteer peer educator? Volunteer peer educators provide information and education to community members about how to prevent falls. Stay On Your Feet® volunteer peer educators include a wide variety of people aged 55 and over from all walks of life.

Find out more: https://loom.ly/blchvDo

18/04/2025

Stay safe this long weekend! 🚗🐣 Whether you're heading off on a road trip or visiting loved ones, take it slow, buckle up, and stay alert. Your safety—and the safety of others—comes first. Drive safe and enjoy the break; and remember, there are double demerits.

17/04/2025

Registrations are now open for the Injury Prevention Summit 2025! ⭐

Themed The Future of Injury Prevention, the Summit will offer insights into emerging technology and data science through an injury prevention lens, strategies for enabling positive injury outcomes in WA, and inspire innovation across the sector.

Find out more or register now https://loom.ly/U05R64c

17/04/2025

Yesterday we hosted an e-scooter forum in Broome. This event brought together key stakeholders from Broome to discuss the challenges and potential opportunities for tackling e-scooter injuries in the community.

17/04/2025

Our team will be enjoying the long weekend, with our office closed between the 18th and 21st of April. We will be back as normal this Tuesday.

If you need support during this time, please contact Lifeline WA on 13 11 14, or text 0477 13 11 14.

15/04/2025

Family and domestic violence is estimated to affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men in Australia. Education and training are essential to prevent family and domestic violence.

Join Injury Matters on 6 May with guest facilitator Kate Jeffries from Stopping Family Violence, for the Applying a Family and Domestic Violence Informed Lens full-day training. Register here: https://loom.ly/5-tFpqw

14/04/2025

Changes in visual function an turn everyday objects in the home into hazards. To prevent slips, trips, and falls among older adults, it is recommended that all rooms, hallways, and entrances in the home be fitted with globes of at least 75 watts.

Explore our toolkit to learn how you can get involved in the Remove Hazards campaign and raise awareness of falls prevention strategies. https://loom.ly/Dvi6a4Q

13/04/2025

Looking for information to understand how to support yourself and others after a crash? We have a range of free resources available for post-crash care here: https://loom.ly/uvu8xZ4

11/04/2025

Suzanne and Ash are at the 78th Environmental Health Australia Ltd. (WA) State Conference today and spotted a very familiar face in Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

10/04/2025

Looking to learn more about falls prevention in older adults? Injury Matters offers two free self-paced online learning modules, providing you with background knowledge of falls, age-related changes and how these can impact an individual’s function, mobility and falls risk.

The interactive, practical, and evidence-informed modules will help you facilitate falls prevention exercise strategies for older adults. Click here to start your modules today: https://loom.ly/G3svcuU

08/04/2025

Access our latest Position Paper, Violence in Western Australia, to learn about the incidence of violence and how you can get involved in keeping our community safe: https://loom.ly/xAmwRp8

04/04/2025

Awareness of age-related vision changes can help older adults prevent falls and stay safe and independent. The Stay On Your Feet Falls Prevention Program Remove Hazards campaign provides resources tailored for health workers supporting older adults and practical strategies to address vision-related fall risks.

Join the campaign and explore the Remove Hazards Toolkit. https://loom.ly/Dvi6a4Q

02/04/2025

Just two weeks to go to apply for the 2025 Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Awards! Download the nomination booklet today to apply here: https://loom.ly/0E5UMmM

Want more information? Give us a call on (08) 6166 7688.

01/04/2025

The stones may be small high-powered magnets, which are banned. They can look like tasty treats to babies and children, but they can do a lot of damage.

When these magnets are swallowed, they can stick together internally, and cause serious injuries, such as holes in the intestines and other big problems!

Learn more and keep your babies safe: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/business/find-banned-products/small-high-powered-magnets-ban

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Lvl 2, 297 Vincent Street
Perth, WA
6007

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Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm

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http://www.injurymatters.org.au/

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Injury Matters aims to prevent and reduce the impact of injury within the Western Australian community.

We work to have a positive impact on the community as a quality, sustainable organisation committed to creating safer people and places. We work to raise awareness of injury by providing training, advocacy, and support for those affected by the impact of injury.

Given the breadth and diversity of injury in WA, we work across a range of current and emerging injury priority areas affecting the community. This has included falls, trauma recovery, community violence, substance-related harm, and safety promotion. We influence, empower and collaborate with people, agencies, communities and governments for positive injury outcomes.

Our Vision

· Safer people and places

Our Purpose

· To prevent and reduce the impact of injury and support those affected

Our Values

1. Knowledge through diversity of people and skills

2. Genuine in our intent to have a positive impact

3. Inquisitive and brave to innovate

4. Working with purpose and empathy to achieve better outcomes for people

5. Considered in our approach through evidence and experience

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Injury Matters currently delivers three flagship programs that aim to prevent injury and support recovery:

Stay On Your Feet® is WA’s leading falls prevention program for older adults living in the Western Australian community, which aims to reduce falls and fall related injuries while encouraging confidence in independent living. The Stay On Your Feet® Move Improve Remove campaigns provide information, resources, and education to community members, health professionals and community workers on how to keep active and alert to prevent slips, trips and falls.

Road Trauma Support WA is a state wide service assisting anyone affected by road trauma, regardless of when the incident occurred, or what level of involvement the person had. We provide information, support, resources, and specialised trauma counselling to anyone who has been injured, involved in, witnessed, or lost someone in a road crash. We also provide workshops on grief, loss, trauma and self-care strategies to organisations and individuals exposed to trauma as part of their work.

Know Injury is a state-wide program which aims to enhance the capacity of injury prevention and safety promotion practitioners and organisations to deliver quality injury prevention activities. Through the Know, Learn, Connect approach, we provide training, resources, and networking opportunities to increase knowledge and skills needed to prevent and reduce of the impact of injury in Western Australia.

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