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Secondary prevention focuses on early detection and intervention to reduce the severity or impact of an illness or injury that has already occurred or is inevitable. Examples in EMS include:
Primary prevention aims to stop the injury from occurring at all (e.g., vaccination, seatbelts). "Reactive" and "proactive" are not recognized formal categories in EMS public health strategy.
[References:, NREMT Public Health and EMS Prevention Models, CDC Injury Prevention Framework, EMS Agenda for the Future – Preventive and Community-Based EMS Care, ]
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