Sentences with phrase «severe injuries to a child»

The problem with almost all cases where the approval of the court is needed to a settlement are «utterly tragic», usually involving severe injuries to a child sustained at birth.

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This leaves the upper body unprotected and adds extra slack to the seat belt system, putting your child at risk of severe injury in a crash or with sudden braking.

While acknowledging that the [Canadian] study «highlighted a general misinterpretation that an injury described as a concussion is less severe than one described as mTBI,» and that it may result in a premature return to school and activity,» the American Academy of Pediatrics» 2010 clinical report on sports - related concussion in children and teens3 continues to refer to the injury as concussion.

A custom - fitted mouthguard developed by our office will protect your child from injuries to the teeth, face and even provide protection from severe injuries to the head.

A 2007 study found that children under the age of two are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe injury or death if they are in a rear - facing seat; the risk of injury or death goes up dramatically in a front - facing seat, according to the Injury Prevention journal.

In this case, the buckle caused a bruise on the child's chest, but if it was placed lower, which is a common mistake, it could have led to even more severe injuries.

Except for perhaps some sort of catastrophic injury to mother (e.g. post partum bleed so severe it ends in brain damage), I think most mothers would choose to trade injury to themselves for the life of their child.

Acute youth sports injuries, such as a sprained ankle, or moderate to severe strain, should be seen by a child's primary care physician, who can help decide if a referral to a sports injury specialist, such as an orthopedist, is required.

SecureGuard anti-submarining technology helps maintain proper lap belt positioning, low across the child's hips / upper thighs, to minimize the risk of severe internal injuries caused by the child sliding under the lap belt or the lap belt riding up into the child's abdomen.

As a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, Floating Hospital provides care for children with a range of small to severe injuries.

The Department of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (also known as Physiatry) at Floating Hospital for Children treats children and adolescents with neurological, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders and injuries, from mild to severe, to improve their function so they can enjoy fulfillinChildren treats children and adolescents with neurological, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders and injuries, from mild to severe, to improve their function so they can enjoy fulfillinchildren and adolescents with neurological, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders and injuries, from mild to severe, to improve their function so they can enjoy fulfilling lives.

A study done in 2007 found that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in a car accident if they are rear facing.

found that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in a car accident if they are rear facing.

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.»

In young children, ASD is often complicated by serious behavioral problems such as tantrums, aggression, self - injury and severe noncompliance in response to routine environmental demands.

A custom - fitted mouthguard developed by a pediatric dentist will protect your child from injuries to the teeth, face and even provide protection from severe injuries to the head.

Jennissen says that a young child sliding by themselves is unlikely to get a severe injury to their leg even if the foot catches due to the relatively low forces involved.

«Most injuries are minor, but a higher proportion of playground injuries [reviewed in the study] were moderate to severe compared to injuries due to motor vehicles, bicycles or all falls,» explains lead author Kieran Phelan of the Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati.

«Sometimes, injuries are so severe that the innate immune system becomes deeply impaired and unable to respond to normally to infection,» said Mark Hall, MD, a Critical Care Medicine physician and scientist at the Center for Clinical and Translational Research at Nationwide Children's (NCH).

«The after - effects of concussions and more severe brain injuries can be very different and more detrimental to a developing child or adolescent brain than an adult brain,» said Dr. Lori Cook, study author and director of the Center for BrainHealth's pediatric brain injury programs.

Recent estimates suggest that as many as 1.9 million children younger than 18 years have a sport - or recreation - related concussion each year in the United States.1 This injury is biomechanically induced, with symptoms resulting from neuronal dysfunction due to functional and neurometabolic alterations rather than gross structural abnormalities.2 Compared with boys involved in similar activities, girls experience higher rates of sport - related concussion,3 - 7 report more severe symptoms,8 - 11 demonstrate worse cognitive impairment,8 - 10, 12 and take longer to recover.11 The neural mechanisms behind these postconcussion sex differences are poorly understood but have been attributed to differences in neuroanatomy and physiology, 13 cerebral blood flow, 14 and the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone.15 - 17

Laura Hayes, BA, (with distinction from Stanford University) is the mother of 3 young adult children, all of whom suffered some level of vaccine injury, one to the point of permanent and severe brain damage and disability.

A few sequences of distinction: the climax with severe knee injury and flying crane kick never fails to raise goose bumps; the scene where Daniel - san discovers that his days of sanding decks and painting houses for Miyagi have taught him the fundamentals of karate; and a drunken anniversary where Daniel discovers that Miyagi's wife and child died in childbirth while both were interred in a relocation camp.

This is the kind of situation that sets kids up for being victims of dog bites, and young children are the population most at risk for dog bites and most at risk for severe injury, maiming, or death should that dog choose to voice his displeasure with his teeth — the one canine communication tool humans are bound to listen to.

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.

Children may be exposed to such substances through someone's negligence or through a defective product and may sustain severe, lifelong injuries, including learning problems, attention deficit disorders, and other mental disabilities.

There will likely be a significant amount of pain and discomfort, and in the case of severe injuries, the condition might affect your child's ability to earn a living and craft the life you want for him or her.

This then caused the near decapitation of the mother and severe injury to one child.

A toddler overturns a pot of boiling water; the boiling water washes over him; his parents rush to help; the child survives but sustains severe injury.

In fact, throughout the Unites States there are over 200,000 children brought in to the ER for severe injuries every year.

For instance in cases of severe injuries of the children often the parents are called upon to provide additional care and support for their child that they would not, in the regular course, have had to provide.

This was caused by a delay in delivery and deprivation of oxygen, which ultimately resulted in severe brain injury to the child who died shortly after birth.

Any deprivation of oxygen, or birth asphyxia, to a child's brain during childbirth can result in an infant's mild to severe birth injury or death.

They transported the child to Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago but the boy's injuries were too severe.

Parents may be able to recover damages when their child is injured, and the injuries are severe enough that they interfere with the normal relationship between parents and their children.

Birth injuries sustained by children can range from mild to severe, temporary to permanent, and affect every part of the human body.

Where circumstances are of such urgency that failure to treat the child or young person would likely lead to their death or to severe permanent injury, healthcare professionals can provide emergency treatment without consent, providing the treatment is no more than is necessary and is in the best interests of the child or young person.

Such injuries can cause severe, permanent damage to a baby's muscular and skeletal systems, resulting in conditions such as Erb's palsy, where the child's arms become permanently weakened or even paralyzed as a result.

Amusement park injuries may cause severe injuries or death to a child who had anticipated nothing more than a day of fun.

The negligence of pediatricians, such as the misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of a serious condition or illness, may also result in severe injury or death to a child.

When someone is responsible, you'll want to talk with a Boston child brain injury attorney who can analyze the facts surrounding your child's severe head injury to determine whether you have a solid child injury claim.

Our client, a child who sustained a severe brain injury due to medical malpractice, received what is believed to be the largest amount ever received by a single person in the history of Pinellas County, Florida.

I have worked in the mental health field for close to 15 years doing jobs ranging from frontline direct support for adults and children with chronic severe mental health issues and / or drug dependancy, developmental disabilites, or tramatic brain injury.

The highest rates of child neglect and violent abuse occur for children younger than 5,4 5 with the most severe cases, which involve injury or death, occurring predominantly to children under the age of 1.6

abusive head trauma (AHT) A preventable and severe form of physical child abuse, including shaken baby syndrome, which results in an injury to the brain of an infant or child.

Evan Stark, a leading researcher, and scholar in the domestic violence field, and lead expert for the plaintiff mothers in Nicholson v. Williams, a successful class action suit, [note 7] states that «it has been known for some time that men are the overwhelming perpetrators where children are severely injured or killed, accounting for up to 80 % of severe injury and child fataility in some studies [citing a major Florida study]; and «that where men are present, they are far more likely than women to be the source of children's injuries;» and that «there is no debate about who is the major source of child sexual abuse.»

Five programs showed favorable effects in some aspect of child maltreatment reduction: (1) Child FIRST showed a favorable effect on family involvement with child protective services53; (2) Early Start on 2 measures, including the percentage who went to the hospital for accident, injury, or accidental poisoning, and parents» report of severe or very severe physical assault25, 26; (3) EHS had a favorable effect on physical punishment at 36 months66; (4) HFA showed 14 favorable impacts on measures of parenting behaviors, such as corporal punishment, self - reported serious physical abuse, and aggression, 30,50,67 — 69 and 1 measure of the biological mother as a confirmed subject of sexual abuse report by the child's seventh birthday50; and (5) NFP had favorable effects on 7 measures, including health care encounters for injuries or ingestions and substantiated abuse or neglect 15 years after program enrollment.34, 35,42,70,71 One program, Healthy Steps, showed no effect on 1 measure in this domachild maltreatment reduction: (1) Child FIRST showed a favorable effect on family involvement with child protective services53; (2) Early Start on 2 measures, including the percentage who went to the hospital for accident, injury, or accidental poisoning, and parents» report of severe or very severe physical assault25, 26; (3) EHS had a favorable effect on physical punishment at 36 months66; (4) HFA showed 14 favorable impacts on measures of parenting behaviors, such as corporal punishment, self - reported serious physical abuse, and aggression, 30,50,67 — 69 and 1 measure of the biological mother as a confirmed subject of sexual abuse report by the child's seventh birthday50; and (5) NFP had favorable effects on 7 measures, including health care encounters for injuries or ingestions and substantiated abuse or neglect 15 years after program enrollment.34, 35,42,70,71 One program, Healthy Steps, showed no effect on 1 measure in this domaChild FIRST showed a favorable effect on family involvement with child protective services53; (2) Early Start on 2 measures, including the percentage who went to the hospital for accident, injury, or accidental poisoning, and parents» report of severe or very severe physical assault25, 26; (3) EHS had a favorable effect on physical punishment at 36 months66; (4) HFA showed 14 favorable impacts on measures of parenting behaviors, such as corporal punishment, self - reported serious physical abuse, and aggression, 30,50,67 — 69 and 1 measure of the biological mother as a confirmed subject of sexual abuse report by the child's seventh birthday50; and (5) NFP had favorable effects on 7 measures, including health care encounters for injuries or ingestions and substantiated abuse or neglect 15 years after program enrollment.34, 35,42,70,71 One program, Healthy Steps, showed no effect on 1 measure in this domachild protective services53; (2) Early Start on 2 measures, including the percentage who went to the hospital for accident, injury, or accidental poisoning, and parents» report of severe or very severe physical assault25, 26; (3) EHS had a favorable effect on physical punishment at 36 months66; (4) HFA showed 14 favorable impacts on measures of parenting behaviors, such as corporal punishment, self - reported serious physical abuse, and aggression, 30,50,67 — 69 and 1 measure of the biological mother as a confirmed subject of sexual abuse report by the child's seventh birthday50; and (5) NFP had favorable effects on 7 measures, including health care encounters for injuries or ingestions and substantiated abuse or neglect 15 years after program enrollment.34, 35,42,70,71 One program, Healthy Steps, showed no effect on 1 measure in this domachild's seventh birthday50; and (5) NFP had favorable effects on 7 measures, including health care encounters for injuries or ingestions and substantiated abuse or neglect 15 years after program enrollment.34, 35,42,70,71 One program, Healthy Steps, showed no effect on 1 measure in this domain.65

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study evaluated the efficacy of a culturally adapted version of the Early Pathways (EP) program [now called the Early Pathways Program (EPP)-RSB- for children severe behavior and emotional problems, such as aggression, oppositional behavior, self - injury and property destruction.

The psychological injury caused to the child by a Type II decisional error of saying there was no sexual abuse of the child when in truth there was, and when the child actually takes the momentous step of disclosing the sexual abuse to others, is extremely severe and devastating to the child.

Given the failure to find group differences in psychological distress and family functioning and the relatively low levels of stress and burden even among the severe TBI group, we concluded that injury stresses diminished after longer periods following injury and that most families, even those of children with severe injuries, adapted favorably.