RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2015 www.PosterPresentations.com 1. Teaching Emergency Hospital “Bagdasar-Arseni” (TEHBA), Bucharest, Romania 2. University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” (UMPCD), Bucharest, Romania Alexandra Sporici 1 , Anca Chilaridis 1 , Alexandru Stavrica 1 , Nicoleta Chiriloi 1 , Irina Anghel 1 , Aurelian Anghelescu 1,2 , Ionut Frecea 1 , Doroteea Teoibas-Serban 1,2 YES WE CAN! PREVENT CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY INTRODUCTION Spinal Cord Injury is an alarming increasing traumatic condition. The World Health Organization acknowledges 250-500 thousand cases each year. 1 The health care providers must implicate in mediatizing the severe implications of a spinal cord injury and ensure the awareness of the general population in order to prevent accident that can lead to SCI. 49% 5% 8% 8% 11% 3% 16% MATERIALS AND METHODS The most important thing in preventing spinal cord injury is knowing the main causes and appeal to the public to be cautious when implicated in certain activities. The most common causes are: auto accidents, sport accidents, diving, fall from stairs, fall from wagon, bicycles accidents and falling from a tree. 2 In Romania, the major cause for cervical spinal cord injury is diving in shallow waters, and members of our Clinic’s Division started a successful media campaign with a television solo spot that encouraged the public not to dive in shallow waters. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Publicity campaign with the implication of physicians and the media can indeed produce a positive impact on the general population and consequently prevent imprudent actions which can lead to spinal cord injury. REFERENCES 1.http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs384/en/ 2. National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, Recent Trends in Causes of Spinal Cord Injury. Birmingham, AL: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2015 3. https://www.bzi.ro/a-ajuns-cu-fata-facuta-zob-la- spitalul-spiridon-dupa-ce-a-cazut-de-pe-bicicleta-405376 4. http://www.romaniatv.net/accident-in-galati-doua-persoane-au- murit-dupa-ce-un-tir-s-a-ciocnit-cu-un-autoturism_154534.html 5. https://www.bzi.ro/batrana-internata-la-iasi-cu-oasele-sfaramate-a- fost-aruncata-din-caruta-388287 6. http://christianknoebel.com/blog/my-resume-failure 7.https://www.pinterest.com/pin/476607573034862377/ 8. http://www.craveonline.com/site/719907-star-wars-episode-vii- adds-two-young-actors-possibly-parkour#/slide/1 9. http://www.felmersham.net/netnews07.htm 10.http://spinalstenosisonline.weebly.com/blog/category/cervical- spinal-surgery