ThinkFirst
SIU School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
P.O. Box 19679
Springfield, IL 62794-9679

Telephone Number:
217-545-9112

Fax number:
217-545-7901
E-mail address: thinkfirst@siumed.edu

 

Links Page

  • SIU Orthopaedics
  • Therapy Counseling
  • Mountian Wings Don't Text While Driving
  • AAA Chicago Motor Club
    Member Services - (313) – 336-1234
  • AAA National Office
    Traffic Safety Department
    1000 AAA Drive, Mail Stop 77
    Heathrow, FL 32746-5063
  • Allstate Insurance Company
    #1 Allstate Plaza
    Northbrook, IL 60062
    Ph: 708/402-5000
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    141 Northwest Point Boulevard
    Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098
    USA
    847/434-4000
    847/434-8000 FAX
  • Anatomical Chart Company
    Ph: 1-800-621-7500
    (jello brain mold and education/health fair displays materials etc.)
  • Auto Safety Hotline
    1-800-424-9393
    Call this number to report safety-related defects or to request information on child safety seats, drunk driving, importing a motor vehicle, new car crash test scores, recalls, safety belts and air bags.
  • Booster Club
    A safety program for early childhood education

  • Brain Injury Association of Illinois
    Philicia Deckard-Director
    Brain Injury Association of Illinois
    P.O. Box 64420
    Chicago, IL 60664-0420
    Phone (312) 726-5699 Fax (312) 630-4011
  • CAUTION
    Traffic Safety Magazine
  • Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
    (For swim injury prevention, do a search on this subject on this website for many related links)
  • Child Passenger Safety Website
  • Children’s Miracle Network
    CMN@fgi.net
    The CMN contact for the central Illinois region
    St. John’s Hospital in Springfield-
    217/544-6464 ext. 44300
    Champaign, Decatur, Springfield, Effingham, & Quincy.
  • Country Insurance and Financial Services
    P.O. Box 2020
    Bloomington, IL 61702-2020
    Ph: (309) 821- 3923
    Safety Educator
    Rachel Schlipman
    Auto Skid – order information is available on the following link

    Dial – a - Belt
    Ken Lynch
    Orland Park Police
    14600 Ravina Ave.
    Orland Park Illinois 60462
    708 – 349- 4111

    Dial –a-Belt Training Station
    Superior concepts Industrial
    3235 S. County Rd, 1150 East
    Greentown, IN 46936
    Attention: Shane Campbell
    Phone – 765-628-2956
    Fax – 765- 628- 3660
  • Don’t Risk Your Child’s Life
    Updated pamphlet and video available. Current edition is #VII cost is $62.00
    !0% discount offered if two are purchased.
    Shelness Productions
    P.O. Box 30456
    Winston-Salem, NC 27130-0456
    Phone: 336-774-0780
    Fax: 336-774-0157
  • Emergency Medical Services for Children
    National Resource Center
    111 Michigan Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, DC 20010-2970
    Ph: (202) 884-4927
  • ENCARE and Injury Prevention
    Emergency Nurses Association
    915 Lee Street
    Des Plaines, IL 60016
    Phone: 847/460-4112
    Fax: 847/460-4005
  • Ford Motor Company Fund
    The American Road
    P.O. Box 1899
    Dearborn, MI 48121-1899
    Phone: (888) – 313 - 0102
  • Illinois MADD
    2070 West Monroe Suite # B
    Springfield Illinois
    62704
    (217) 523- 6233
    For more information contact: Susan McKinney
  • Keep Kids Healthy
  • Kids In Cars
    Executive director
    Terrill Struttmann
    918 Glen Avenue
    Washington, Missouri 63090
    636/390-8268, 636/390-9412 FAX
    www.kidsincars.org
  • Locking clips—available free of charge from local FORD dealers. The Ford part number is: FO3Z-5461248-A (talk to someone in the parts dept. and tell what you are using them for). Some of the other vehicle manufacturers charge for these.
    MADD/SADD
    511 East Carpenter Freeway
    Irving, TX 75602
    1-800-GET-MADD
  • National Headquarters:
    The American Academy of Pediatrics
    141 Northwest Point Boulevard
    Elk Grove Village, Il 60007-1098
    USA
    847/434-4000
    847/434-8000 (Fax)
    Kidsdocs@aap.org
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Office of Alcohol & State Programs
    400 7th St. S.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20590
    Quarterly Program Planner – Safe & Sober – free- order on website
  • National Rural Health Association
    Policy and Legislative Information
    One West Armour Boulevard, Suite 203
    Kansas City, Missouri 64111
    (816) 756-3140
    National Safe Kids
    111 Michigan Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20010-2970
    Ph: (202) 884-4993
    Contact person: Darrell Patterson
  • National Safety Belt Coalition
    1025 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 1200
    Washington, D.C. 20036-5405
    Ph: 202/296-6263
    Fax: 202/293-0032
    quintas@nsc.org
  • National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    1717 6th Ave. South Room # 515
    UAB Station
    Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7330
    Ph: (205) 934-3320
  • Operation Snowball, Inc.
    (National Headquarters:)
    Mary Jo Peavey, Director
    937 South 2nd St.
    Springfield, IL 62704
    Ph: (217) 528-7335
    1-800-252-6301
    mpeavey@iadda.org
    Prom Safety Program website
  • Safe Ride News
    Individual Subscription: $39.00/yr.
    Safe Ride News Publications
    117 E. Louisa Street, Box 290
    Seattle, WA 98102
  • Safety Belt Safe U.S.A.
    1124 W. Carson St.
    REI, Building B-1 West
    Torrance, CA 90502
    Executive Director: Stephanie Tombrello
    Ph: (800) 745-SAFE or (310) 222-6860
    This is the resource to order the Child Restraint Manufacturer’s Instruction Guide
    Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois
    Mercedes Rauen
    1032 S. LaGrange Road
    Lagrange Illinois 60525
    708/352-6223, 708/352-9065 FAX
  • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Child Safety
    By Miriam Bachar Settle, Ph.D.
    Kerry Cordero, Macmillan USA,
    Ph: 212- 782-3487
  • Washington, DC Office:
    The American Academy of Pediatrics
    Department of Federal Affairs
    601 13th Street, NW
    Suite 400 North
    Washington, SC 20005 USA
    202/347-8600
    202/393-6137 (Fax)

State Resources:

  • Illinois Department of Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
    Division of Insurance
    Deirdre Manna
    Acting Director
    320 W. Washington
    Springfield IL 62767
    Chicago: 312/ 814-541, 312/ 814- 5435 FAX
    Springfield: 217/ 785- 1258, 217/524 – 6500
    deirdremanna@ins.state.il.us
  • Illinois Department of Public Health
    Division of Emergency Medical Systems
    Greg Scott
    Division Chief
    525 W. Jefferson. 3rd Floor
    Springfield, IL 62761
    Chicago: 312/814-5171, 814/1503 FAX
    Springfield: 217/785-2080, 217/524-0966
    gscott@idph.state.il.us
  • Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Safety
    www.dot.state.il.us
  • Illinois State Board of Education
    1000 First Street
    Springfield, IL 62777
    217/782-2221
    www.isbe.net
  • Illinois Safe Kids
    Darrell Patterson- dpatters@idph.state.il.us phone- 217-785-9537
  • National Highway Traffic Safety
    www.nhtsa.dot.gov
  • Illinois Secretary of State
    www.cyberdriveillinois.com
  • Think First National Office
    5550 Meadowbrook Drive
    Suite 110
    Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
    www.thinkfirst.org
    E-Mail: thinkfirst@thinkfirst.org
    Phone: (847)290-8600
    Toll Free: (800)Think56
    (844-6556)Fax: (847)290-9005
  • Safe Kids Worldwide
    www.safekids.org
    Phone: 202-662-0600
    Fax: 202-393-2072
    Safe Kids Worldwide
    1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
    Suite 1000
    Washington, DC 20004-1707
  • Emergency Medical Services for Children
    www.ems-c.org
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    www.aap.org
  • National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
    National Farm Medicine Center
    1000 North Oak Avenue Fax
    Marshfield, WI 54449
    888-924-SAFE (7233)
    Fax 715-389-3996
    Http://research.marshfieldclinic.org/children
    www.knee-pain-management.com/knee-injuries.html
  • www.fightingarts.com/reading/article