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Alfred Health Stay Safe Over Summer Survey

Stay Safe Over Summer survey

Most injuries are preventable. As the busiest trauma centre in Australia, we want to know what you think are the main causes of accidents and injury.

Your answers will help The Alfred to develop community awareness campaigns that will get the message out about summer safety, and hopefully save lives.

Thank you for participating.

As a thank you for completing our injury prevention survey, you can enter the draw to win a $100 Bunnings Warehouse voucher which you can use to buy safety items for your home. There are 10 vouchers up for grabs. One entry permitted per person, and we will need your contact details - see terms and conditions.

1. What do you think are the most common injuries resulting in people coming to The Alfred’s Emergency and Trauma Centre over summer?

Please rank from 1 to 5, with 1 being what you think are the MOST common injuries resulting in people coming to The Alfred’s Emergency and Trauma Centre over summer and 5 being the LEAST common

Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

	1	2	3	4	5
Burns injuries (exposure to open flame or scalding)	Rank Burns injuries (exposure to open flame or scalding) as 1 out of 5	Rank Burns injuries (exposure to open flame or scalding) as 2 out of 5	Rank Burns injuries (exposure to open flame or scalding) as 3 out of 5	Rank Burns injuries (exposure to open flame or scalding) as 4 out of 5	Rank Burns injuries (exposure to open flame or scalding) as 5 out of 5
Falls (from any height)	Rank Falls (from any height) as 1 out of 5	Rank Falls (from any height) as 2 out of 5	Rank Falls (from any height) as 3 out of 5	Rank Falls (from any height) as 4 out of 5	Rank Falls (from any height) as 5 out of 5
Road accidents (including car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle)	Rank Road accidents (including car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle) as 1 out of 5	Rank Road accidents (including car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle) as 2 out of 5	Rank Road accidents (including car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle) as 3 out of 5	Rank Road accidents (including car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle) as 4 out of 5	Rank Road accidents (including car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle) as 5 out of 5
Accidents around water	Rank Accidents around water as 1 out of 5	Rank Accidents around water as 2 out of 5	Rank Accidents around water as 3 out of 5	Rank Accidents around water as 4 out of 5	Rank Accidents around water as 5 out of 5
Injuries due to drug and/or alcohol consumption	Rank Injuries due to drug and/or alcohol consumption as 1 out of 5	Rank Injuries due to drug and/or alcohol consumption as 2 out of 5	Rank Injuries due to drug and/or alcohol consumption as 3 out of 5	Rank Injuries due to drug and/or alcohol consumption as 4 out of 5	Rank Injuries due to drug and/or alcohol consumption as 5 out of 5

2. What do you think are the top three most common causes of road accidents?

Please rank the top 3 MOST COMMON causes of road accidents, with 1 being the MOST common cause, 2 being the second most common cause and 3 being the third most common cause

Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Distraction (including use of phone while driving)
Drug and/or alcohol consumption
Bad weather
Fatigue
Unfamiliar road conditions
Speed

3. What do you think would be the most effective way of reducing accidents on our roads?

Please rank from 1 to 5, with 1 being what you think would be the MOST effective way to reduce accidents on our roads and 5 being the LEAST effective

Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

	1	2	3	4	5
Lower blood alcohol limit	Rank Lower blood alcohol limit as 1 out of 5	Rank Lower blood alcohol limit as 2 out of 5	Rank Lower blood alcohol limit as 3 out of 5	Rank Lower blood alcohol limit as 4 out of 5	Rank Lower blood alcohol limit as 5 out of 5
Disabling smart phones	Rank Disabling smart phones as 1 out of 5	Rank Disabling smart phones as 2 out of 5	Rank Disabling smart phones as 3 out of 5	Rank Disabling smart phones as 4 out of 5	Rank Disabling smart phones as 5 out of 5
Driver education	Rank Driver education as 1 out of 5	Rank Driver education as 2 out of 5	Rank Driver education as 3 out of 5	Rank Driver education as 4 out of 5	Rank Driver education as 5 out of 5
Improved vehicle technology	Rank Improved vehicle technology as 1 out of 5	Rank Improved vehicle technology as 2 out of 5	Rank Improved vehicle technology as 3 out of 5	Rank Improved vehicle technology as 4 out of 5	Rank Improved vehicle technology as 5 out of 5
Reducing speed limits	Rank Reducing speed limits as 1 out of 5	Rank Reducing speed limits as 2 out of 5	Rank Reducing speed limits as 3 out of 5	Rank Reducing speed limits as 4 out of 5	Rank Reducing speed limits as 5 out of 5

If you think there is another effective way to reduce accidents on our roads please let us know here:

4. Summer is a time when many people suffer severe burn injuries. What do you think are the top four most common causes of burns?

Please rank the top 4 MOST COMMON causes of burns, with 1 being the MOST common cause, 2 being the second most common cause and 3 being the third most common cause and 4 being the fourth most common cause

Bushfires
Accelerants (eg petrol, methylated spirits) on a fire
Accidents around BBQs
Flammable items near machinery
Getting too close to camp fires and/or fire pits
Touching hot ovens and/or stoves
Workplace accidents
Scalding
Firecrackers
Faulty engines on boats