Clothing drawstring entrapment in playground slides and school buses: contributing factors and potential interventions

Article Abstract:

Drawstrings on children's clothing appear to present a potential hazard. Researchers analyzed 47 of the 58 cases of drawstring entrapment reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) over a 10-year period. Two patterns emerged: strangulation or hanging by a neck or hood drawstring catching on a playground slide or being dragged by snagging a waist or bottom drawstring on a school bus door. The CPSC recommends removing neck and hood drawstrings and sewing bottom drawstrings down, restricting length, and eliminating knots or toggles. Other strategies such as retractable drawstrings or breakaway strings do not appear feasible.

Causes of, Accidents, Children's clothing, Children's accidents

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Effect of health care system factors on test ordering

Article Abstract:

Health care providers do not seem to order unnecessary tests on children with acute abdominal pain regardless of whether providers are medical students, residents, or pediatric faculty doctors. Researchers reviewed the medical records of 1,140 children seen in either the emergency department (ED) or the pediatric clinic of a teaching hospital for acute abdominal pain. Children seen in the ED did not have more urine tests, throat cultures, or chest x-rays ordered than children seen in the pediatric clinic. Female doctors were more apt to order at least one test.

Analysis, Diagnosis, Emergency medical services, Diagnosis, Noninvasive, Noninvasive diagnosis, Abdominal pain in children, Pediatric abdominal pain

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Working Parents: What Factors Are Involved in Their Ability to Take Time Off From Work When Their Children Are Sick?

Article Abstract:

Many low-income parents cannot afford to take time off from work to take care of their children when they become sick. In a survey of young working parents in the Baltimore Parenthood Study, only 42% cared for their young children when they became sick. Those who had either paid sick or vacation leave were 5 times more likely to care for their children when they were sick. Only 17% of the parents with less than a high school education had paid leave compared to 76% of parents with a high school diploma, and 92% of parents with more than a high school education.

Care and treatment, Statistical Data Included, Statistics, Surveys, Sick children, Working parents, Family leave

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