Sentences with phrase «injuries to children occur»

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Ride operators report that many child injuries occur when kids attempt to get off rides or move erratically while the ride is in motion.

While parents may not want to believe it, the traditional American back yard trampoline is a major culprit for injury.According to the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), 246,875 medically treated trampoline injuries occur annually in the U.S. Of this total, 186,405 of these injuries occurred among children aged 14 or younger.

Truth is that most injuries occur at home and are due to failure of child proofing your home.

If a head injury occurs near night or nap time in an already tired child, you may be confused about whether the drowsiness is due to the injury or whether it's just time for sleep to naturally overtake the child.

Pediatric Neurology is involved in the child's case as soon as possible, so that they can help to develop a plan and manage any chronic issues that may occur as a result of the injury.

«According to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, approximately one in four of all motor vehicle crashes that involve children occur from the side, and these crashes result in a significantly higher injury rate than front or rear crashesChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, approximately one in four of all motor vehicle crashes that involve children occur from the side, and these crashes result in a significantly higher injury rate than front or rear crasheschildren occur from the side, and these crashes result in a significantly higher injury rate than front or rear crashes.»

Connecticut Children's Elite Sports Medicine division is dedicated to keeping young athletes healthy and injury - free, enhancing athletic performance and providing proper treatment and care for injuries that do occur.

Serious head injuries as well as other injuries can occur to children who fall down stairs.

In contrast, injuries occurring to children being carried on the stairs rose significantly during the study years (m = 178.3, P =.017), with 5446 injuries in 2008 (Fig 3).

If an accident were to occur, this would cause serious injury to the child.

If the vehicle seat belt is at your child's belly rather than below the hip bones and touching the thighs, he could suffer damage to internal organs and / or a spinal injury if a crash occurs.

Most injuries occurred in children and those 35 to 54 years old, but people 75 or older suffered the most serious damage.

Learn how to keep your young children safe, prevent common injuries, and react if the unthinkable does occur.

RoSPA advises schools to think about setting some key policy objectives to: • provide a healthy and safe environment • help children develop increasing responsibility for their own and others» safety on and off - site • minimise the potential for injuries • develop safety rules • deal with injuries should they occur • address children's specific needs.

It calls for the Department of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles.

It is best to heed these signs, and to educate children on these risks to prevent any injuries from occurring.

However, parents should ensure the puppy's and children's safety by always supervising playtime to prevent accidental injury or abuse from occurring.

Although her main emphasis throughout her career as a veterinarian has been small animal general medicine and surgery, prior to veterinary school she spent three years as a research associate in the department of (human) neurosurgery at th Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia investigating the biochemical changes that occur in the brain after severe head injury.

Skeletal injuries usually occur when rabbits are dropped or fall from a height - which is one of the reasons why allowing young children to pick up rabbits is a bad idea.

When preventable injuries occur to children, it is only right that we demand and fight for justice.

If this is the type of law firm you would like to assist you with your own personal injury claim, the accident claims of any of your loved ones or the wrongful death of a spouse or child and the incident occurred anywhere in California, please call us toll free at 866-252-0735 or 323-944-0993.

The plaintiffs were prepared to present expert medical testimony that the child injuries occurred in the last few hours before birth.

If your child has cerebral palsy and you believe that the injury might have occurred due to medical negligence, you may wish to contact a cerebral palsy lawyer who can help determine your legal rights.

Birth injuries occur during difficult deliveries in which something goes wrong — whether the child is in a breech position, is too large to move through the birth canal or suffers some other distress.

Everyday people step on buses or entrust their children to ride on school buses and an accident is the last thing one expect to occur or suddenly having to contact a bus accident lawyer in Vancouver for help with their injury claims.

If your family is struggling with an injury to mother or child that occurred during birth, the pre-natal period, or the neonatal period, you deserve the truth.

The CPSC statistics also show that 40 percent of these injuries occur due to someone falling out of the cart and most - often involve children younger than 16 years old.

When a child injury occurs, whether it is a because of baby stroller, or other product, he has the resources to help you through the entire legal process to get what you and your family are entitled to.

Injuries to young children occur when the car seat restraint system fails.

Moreover, it would be surprising to know that a child injury occurs most often in the safety of a home.

Children can drown in only a few inches of water, and it takes only minutes for a child to be without oxygen before serious brain injuries or even death occur.

This can occur when an employer is found to have been negligent in screening, hiring, training, monitoring, or retaining an employee whose negligence is found to have caused a child's birth injury.

«Adolescents and young adults (15 - 19 years) and adults aged 40 years and older have the highest bicycle death rates.3 Children (5 - 14 years), adolescents, and young adults (15 - 24 years) have the highest rates of nonfatal bicycle - related injuries, accounting for more than one - third of all bicycle - related injuries seen in U.S. emergency departments.3 Males are much more likely to be killed or injured on bicycles than are females.3 Most bicyclist deaths occur in urban areas and at non-intersection locations.4» https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/bicycle/ Pucher J, Buehler R, Merom D, Bauman A. Walking and cycling in the United States, 2001 — 2009: Evidence from the National Household Travel Surveys.

Shoulder dystocia is far more likely to occur with fetuses over a certain size and weight and often results in brachial plexus palsy injuries when obstetricians or others assisting in a child's birth pull on or stretch a baby's neck or head in an attempt to get the baby's shoulder free of the mother's pelvic bone.

Medical negligence or malpractice leading to a child's brachial plexus palsy birth injury may occur during the care of the mother during her pregnancy or during the labor and delivery stages of the birth of her child.

When an injury to a child or minor occurs, the impact can stretch to every member of a family and can last for years or decades, depending on the nature of the injury and the extent of the harm that results.

After an accident occurs on someone else's property, a personal injury lawyer will want to examine your child's claim from the perspective of why your child was on the property.

After being under water for two minutes, most children tend to lose consciousness, and brain injury usually occurs after a child has been submerged between four and six minutes.

While you may be able to help protect your child from some brain injuries, such as those that may occur in contact sports, you can not protect your child from all possible brain injuries.

While nothing can rewind time and prevent the accident from occurring, with a personal injury settlement, you may receive money to help pay for medical bills and other expenses you incur as well as compensation for your child's pain and suffering.

Preventing unnecessary injury to your child — and dealing with the consequences if an accidental injury does occur — is a daunting responsibility.

Numerous injuries occur every year to children that are harmed due to a firework.

When a child's safety is at stake, distance is not a factor for Jeff Killino, and he works to ensure that it is not a factor for you.Where you live and where your child's injury occurred should never limit your choices in legal representation; your child should never have to settle for less than he or she deserves.

When a child injury occurs, whether it is a because of faulty crib or other product, he has the know - how and resources to guide you through the legal process to get what you and your family are entitled to.

When these complications result from medical negligence or are managed in a negligent manner, serious injuries and death may occur to either mother or child.

Birth injuries most frequently occur when doctors, hospitals, and / or staff make preventable errors that result in harm to the mother or child.

Injuries occurring in children under the age of six may carry a statute of limitations of up to six years.

If a child brain injury occurs after a roller coaster ride, the first concern is to get immediate medical attention in an emergency room setting.

As the court noted, the injuries (which were of «horrifying severity») occurred when the defendant parent's back was turned from the castle, since she had gone to assist a child at the bungee run which had also been hired.

It's important to not only account for losses and injuries that have occurred in the past or present, but any that your child will likely suffer in the future.