Air bags may be lifesaving for adults, but they can cause serious head and neck
injuries to children when they inflate.
The materials used shouldn't be harmful, and the product shouldn't function or be prone to breaking in a way that can cause foreseeable
injury to a child when the product is used the way it's intended.
Not exact matches
Let a
child be physically maimed for life by a birth
injury, or spiritually maimed by having
to grow up in hunger and fear as in war - torn lands, or in squalor and crime as in our own slums; and then
when the natural consequences appear, not a few pious Christians will say that God in his inscrutable providence willed it
to be this way.
Because parents may not always be there
when an
injury happens, it is important
to teach
children how
to use 911.
Injuries may be part of the game
when you are playing youth sports, but that does not mean that you have
to accept them as an inevitability for your
child.
When your
child is recovering from a sports
injury, she needs
to eat mindfully, so that she eats enough calories; but not too many calories.
In addition
to educating young athletes about both the importance of hydration and the dangers of heat - related illness, ensuring that they drink enough fluids, and taking precautions
to reduce the risk of heat
injury in
children, especially
when they are exercising in hot and humid weather, parents and coaches need
to watch
children for signs and symptoms of impending heat illness:
The swing snaps together easily and screws in place firmly so you don't have
to worry about any potential risk of
injury when your
child uses it.
Ride operators report that many
child injuries occur
when kids attempt
to get off rides or move erratically while the ride is in motion.
Maureen Dempsey Baker, who created a harness product for twins
when her
children were young, explains, «We were informed by pediatricians that (many) common
injuries are
to shoulders and arms from parents pulling up
when a
child falls while holding their hand.
As parents we always hope such an
injury won't happen
to our own
children, and
when it does, it puts everything in perspective.
When the seat is installed in the forward facing position and secured
to the car using the lap belt without also using the top tether, the seat may not adequately protect the
child from
injury in the event of a crash.
Many of the
injury incidents happened
when a
child that was too old or too big for the bassinet or cradle was allowed
to continue using it.
Allana Pinkerton, a
child injury prevention specialist, CPST / CPSI, and mom of two answered our questions on The Leaky Boob Facebook page Live Stream on what we can do
to minimize risk
when it comes
to feeding our
children on the go.
However, the American Academy of Pediatrics revised its safe sleep recommendations in October 2016, which clearly outline instances that have been shown
to increase the risk of SIDS, unintentional death, or
injury when sharing a bed with an infant or small
child.
When a car
child safety seat is not installed properly, it actually causes more harm than good and can cause serious
injury to your
child.
Most
injuries to sleepwalking
children happen
when they fall out of a window or manage
to get outside, so keep windows and doors locked, too.
Positional plagiocephaly, or plagiocephaly without synostosis (PWS), can be associated with supine sleeping position (OR: 2.5).113 It is most likely
to result if the infant's head position is not varied
when placed for sleep, if the infant spends little or no time in awake, supervised tummy time, and if the infant is not held in the upright position
when not sleeping.113, — , 115
Children with developmental delay and / or neurologic injury have increased rates of PWS, although a causal relationship has not been demonstrated.113, 116, — , 119 In healthy normal children, the incidence of PWS decreases spontaneously from 20 % at 8 months to 3 % at 24 months of age.114 Although data to make specific recommendations as to how often and how long tummy time should be undertaken are lacking, supervised tummy time while the infant is awake is recommended on a dail
Children with developmental delay and / or neurologic
injury have increased rates of PWS, although a causal relationship has not been demonstrated.113, 116, — , 119 In healthy normal
children, the incidence of PWS decreases spontaneously from 20 % at 8 months to 3 % at 24 months of age.114 Although data to make specific recommendations as to how often and how long tummy time should be undertaken are lacking, supervised tummy time while the infant is awake is recommended on a dail
children, the incidence of PWS decreases spontaneously from 20 % at 8 months
to 3 % at 24 months of age.114 Although data
to make specific recommendations as
to how often and how long tummy time should be undertaken are lacking, supervised tummy time while the infant is awake is recommended on a daily basis.
And being fully prepared for all risks, including low risk of
injury but insurance
when it happens vs high risk of
injury and no insurance
to help care for an injured
child.
For the baby, instrumental delivery can increase the short - term risks of bruising, facial
injury, displacement of the skull bones, and cephalohematoma (blood clot under the scalp).24 The risk of intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding inside the brain) was increased in one study by more than four times for babies born by forceps compared
to spontaneous birth, 25 although two studies showed no detectable developmental differences for forceps - born
children at five years old.26, 27 Another study showed that
when women with an epidural had a forceps delivery, the force used by the clinician
to deliver the baby was almost twice the force used
when an epidural was not in place.28
When the front wheel detaches, the CPSC said, the front fork can dig into the ground and cause the stroller
to stop abruptly and tip over, posing serious
injuries to children in the stroller and adults operating the stroller.
When Baby proofing around your house you will also need
to put edge and corner bumpers on your furniture's and fireplace hearth as they will help protect your
child from
injuries.
«We wanted
to take a fresh look at booster seats» effectiveness
to reduce
injury among this age group, because
when we first evaluated the protective benefits of booster seats in 2002, most
children using them were 4 and 5 years old,» explains lead researcher Kristy Arbogast, PhD, director of Engineering at CHOP's Center for
Injury Research and Prevention.
In some situations, pressure gates at the top of stairs have caused serious
injury when a
child has run against it or
when a parent has fallen trying
to step over the gate.
If the harness straps are above the
child's shoulders
when rear facing, the
child would continue
to ride up the seat back and potentially expose their head above the car seat shell, leaving their head vulnerable
to injury.
Babies,
when learning how
to walk, tend
to have jumpy and abrupt movements, this can be dangerous for the
child since too much speeding or jumping can result in impactful falling or
injury to the head.
A 2009 study conducted as part of Partners for
Child Passenger Safety found that kids between 4 and 8 were 45 percent less likely
to sustain moderate
to serious
injuries in crashes
when they were restrained in high - back or backless booster seats
to lap - and - shoulder seat belts alone — and this reduction in
injury risk went up
to 67 percent for kids in post-1998 car models.
A study done in 2009 found that
children ages 4 - 8 using a booster seat saw a 45 % decrease in
injury when compared
to children of similar ages that only used a vehicle seat belt.
When the AAP felt youth tackle football had «no place in programs for kids» in the 50's; now in 2015, this is a game so sacred
to our society that while, modifying «would likely lead
to a decrease in the incidence of overall
injuries, severe
injuries, catastrophic
injuries, and concussions» the AAP can not recommend limiting tackle for young
children as «the removal of tackling from football would lead
to a fundamental change in the way the game is played.»
After a possible head
injury, this app guides coaches and parents on how
to assess the
injury and how best
to respond by providing current medical guidance on
when to call 911 or if the
child should be removed from play.
According
to a 2013 study from Nationwide
Children's Hospital, the majority of high chair - related
injuries happened
when a
child was not using the chair according
to the manufacturer's instructions.
FREE SmartPhone App guides coaches and parents step by step on how
to assess an
injury and respond by providing current CDC guidelines on
when a
child should be removed from play and
when to call 911.
According
to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 16,000
children under the age of 5 went
to the emergency room in 2006 with
injuries caused
when television sets, bookcases, and other furniture and appliances tipped over on them.
Although the use of corporal punishment in
children has been controversial, evidence continues
to emerge highlighting the negative developmental impact of this form of discipline in
children.21, 29 Moreover, this finding is particularly concerning given that
children were only 1 year of age in our study, a developmental stage
when children are unlikely
to understand the connection between their behavior and subsequent punishment and
when spanking is more likely
to cause physical
injury.30
The Danger:
When a peg is not fully engaged the seat can fall unexpectedly, posing a risk of
injury to the
child.
When a
child is brought
to a pediatric emergency department with an
injury, it can be difficult for physicians
to precisely identify whether the
injury is the result of abuse or an accident.
When it comes
to child safety, even one preventable
injury calls for a change in policy,» said senior investigator Ruth Milanaik, DO.
Booster seats have been shown
to reduce the risk of serious
injury by 45 percent in
children aged 4 - 8
when compared with seat belt use alone but there are reportedly lower rates of proper restraint use among older kids.
When they start
to cycle alone, it's one of the most common forms of nonfatal
injuries in traffic among
children.
About 10,000 infants, most of them younger than four months of age, are treated in US ERs each year because of car seat - related
injuries unrelated
to car accidents: falling out of a seat because they were not properly strapped in; falling with the seat from an elevated surface such as a kitchen counter; seats accidentally tipped over by an adult or older
child; older infants wiggling sufficiently — even
when properly strapped in —
to topple the seat over.
Dunkle turned her focus
to child development in the 2000s,
when a family member was vaccine - injured, sustaining brain
injury and developmental disabilities.
Mercedes - Benz has equipped the new SLK roadster with a system that automatically deactivates the passenger's air bag
when it senses a specially tagged
child seat.Government safety officials and automakers have mounted a campaign
to warn car owners of the dangers of placing
child safety seats, particularly rear - facing ones, in front passenger seats that are equipped with air bags.The impact of a deploying air bag can slam a
child seat into the backrest of the passenger seat with enough force
to cause serious
injury or death.
Of course, headrests were found
to reduce whiplash
injuries;
child seats were improved and some even built into the car's regular seat for easy use and optimum protection; slide - open doors not only promote quick entry / exit from minivans but, with power controls, have sensors that force doors
to stop
when an object is in their paths; and cupholders free the motorist's hands
to grip the wheel rather than balance hot coffee in the lap.
If the frontal passenger air bag deploys, in the event of a motor vehicle crash
when a
child seat is installed in the front passenger seat, there will be an increased risk of
injury to the
child in the CRS.
Threatening behavior — some examples: • Bending over a dog, or rousing him from his sleep • Reaching
to touch a dog's head (
when he doesn't want
to be touched) • Staring into a dog's eyes (worse, at eye level, like toddlers do) • Trying
to touch or remove a bone, a toy, a bowl of food or anything the dog wants • Screaming near the dog's face or producing other startling noises in his proximity • Running toward, past, or away from a dog • Walking too close
to a dog on leash • Entering a protective dog's territory • Being afraid in the presence of a dog • Sticking a hand or finger (especially
children) inside a dog's enclosure • Making threatening gestures, like raising a fist or wielding a stick • Causing pain,
injury, or subjugation
to a dog • Overexcitement during play can cause a friendly dog
to nip or bite as he would a playmate.
When a
child is relaxed, the dog is able
to relax, and this makes a bite
injury far less likely
to happen.
By teaching your
children to know and respect the cat's body language, for instance
to let go of the cat
when he swings his tail, you will significantly lower the risks of
injury.
It is a proven fact that seat belts have saved many lives and reduced
injuries and accidents.However, I find it incongruent that people are forced by law not only
to buckle up themselves but also
to buckle up their
children when pets are allowed
to roam about a vehicle without any restraint.
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.
Cluster bombs can explode
when they are disturbed, they are notorious in causing
injuries and deaths
to civilians, especially
children.