Epidemiology of shopping cart-related injuries to children
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Transporting children in shopping carts results in substantial numbers of injuries. Researchers analyzed data from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission on children treated for shopping cart-related injuries between 1990 and 1992. During that period, an estimated 75,200 children under age 15 were treated in emergency rooms for injuries received in shopping cart accidents. Eighty-four percent of these were in children younger than five. Overall, 74% of all injuries were to the head or neck, rising to 79% in children younger than five, and 92% in children younger than one year. Bruises and scrapes accounted for 43% of injuries to the head or neck, cuts accounted for 25%, concussions for 6%, and fractures for 2%. Overall, 3% of injured children were admitted to the hospital, and 93% of these were children younger than 5. The design of shopping carts makes falls or tipovers likely. Transporting children in shopping carts should be banned until they are redesigned more safely.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1995
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Trampoline-related injuries to children
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Trampolines cause so many injuries in the children who use them that they should not be used by children at all. Warning labels and even adult supervision are not effective in preventing the injuries. In emergency room admissions covering two years, 214 children between one and six were treated for trampoline-related injuries. Soft tissue injuries were most common, with fractures and lacerations following. While the lower part of the body was the most frequent location, injuries were fairly evenly distributed around the body.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1998
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An Evaluation of a Safety Education Program for Kindergarten and Elementary School Children
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The Safety City program developed in 1989 by the American Red Cross of Greater Columbus, Ohio does not appear to be effective. This program consists of a half-day course designed to teach kindergarten and first graders how to cross the street, avoid strangers, and call 911 in an emergency. Second and third graders are taught fire and electrical safety and gun avoidance. In a study of 181 children at 10 urban elementary schools, the program did not significantly increase childrens' knowledge of these safety issues.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 2000
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