The Injured Child

Rehabilitation of the injured child.

a School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. b Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. c School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America. Correspondence to Shanthi Ameratunga (e-mail: [email protected]). Several r...

Cerebral Palsy and the Brain Injured Child

Cerebral Palsy is a term that encompasses many etiological factors in children diagnosed in utero to age fourteen. Problems may present in utero, peri-natal, and post-natal. Infections, traumatic brain injury, near-drowning, and strokes in children suffering from neurological problems come under the heading of Cerebral Palsy. Hyperbaric oxygenation not only relieves hypoxia but also jumpstarts ...

Psychopathology and Education of the Brain-Injured Child

One feels a certain sympathy with the ten-year-old boy who was asked to find the absurdity in the following statement: "A policeman fired two shots at a man, the first one killed him, but the second didn't hurt him." The boy replied that policemen are supposed to protect people and not to kill them. This answer was taken as evidence of "brain damage" and is quoted in a chapter by Laura Lehtinen...

[Initial assessment and transportation of an injured child].

OBJECTIVES Since trauma has a great impact on mortality and preventable morbidity among children and adolescents, in addition to its social consequences, the aim of this study is to evaluate peculiarities regarding prehospital, in-hospital, and interhospital assessment of injured pediatric patients. SOURCES OF DATA The Cochrane database was searched for systematic reviews and controlled trial...

[Every 2 minutes a child is injured in Germany].