University Medical Center - You Drink, You Drive, You Lose

What is it?

Partnering with more than 20 local organizations, University Medical Center sponsors “You Drink, You Drive, You Lose” to promote safe driving and demonstrate the dangers of drinking and driving. The event uses victim-impact speakers who have lost loved ones as a result of drunk-driving crashes. Additional demonstrations include county firefighters using “jaws of life” to extricate a crash victim from a car, the “seat belt convincer” that allows someone to “feel” the impact of a crash without a seat belt on and various simulations so that teens can learn firsthand how little alcohol it takes to become impaired.

Who is it for?

Las Vegas area high school students.

Why do they do it?

In 2014, 54 people in Las Vegas died in drug- or alcohol-related traffic crashes. Demonstrations and real stories bring home the message that bad decisions can have a lifetime of impact.

Impact

In 2014, approximately 150 local high school students attended the event.

Contact: Danita Cohen
Executive Director, Strategic Development & Marketing
Telephone: 702-383-2000
Email: danita.cohen@umcsn.com