First Aid - Hand Injuries

Introduction

Austrian Workers Compensation Board)

AUVA statistics show that hand injuries are the most frequent injuries in professional life (40% of about 100.000 occupational accidents per year in Austria), in sports, at school and in leisure time. Hand injuries may cause significant limitations in everyday life.

Therefore the AUVA (Austrian Workers Compensation Board) launched the campaign “Hände gut, alles gut!" (“If the hands are well, everything is well!"), which aims to significantly reduce the number of hand injuries and their consequences. During this campaign a lot of tools were developed, e.g. folders, posters, brochures and a First Aid app focussing on…