OBJECTIVE To identify determinants of mothers' home-safety practices for preventing six types of common injuries to children (burns, poisoning, drowning, cuts, strangulation/suffocation/choking, and falls). METHODS Home interviews were conducted with mothers of children 19-24 and 25-30 months old about home-safety practices. For each of 30 safety precautions to prevent these six types of inju...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to calculate injury rates and describe the epidemiology of holiday-related injuries among children who were aged < or =19 years and presented to US emergency departments (EDs) from 1997 through 2006. METHODS Data on holiday-related injuries obtained from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System were an...

Despite previous recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics discouraging home use of trampolines, recreational use of trampolines in the home setting continues to be a popular activity among children and adolescents. This policy statement is an update to previous statements, reflecting the current literature on prevalence, patterns, and mechanisms of trampoline-related injuries. Mo...

There is an association between alcohol consumption and injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean. This cross-sectional study explores the socio-contextual factors of alcohol-related injuries in Trinidad and Tobago. Data on drinking patterns, injury type, drinking context prior to injury, and demographics were collected from patients presenting with injuries to the Emergency Departments (ED) ...

AIMS To examine the effects of the home environment on unintentional domestic injuries and related health care attendance in infants from deprived families. METHODS Ten mechanisms that caused unintentional domestic injury during the first year were investigated in a population-based study of 1-year-old children in southern Brazil. Odds ratios of injury-related health care attendance were esti...

BACKGROUND Home healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors in the United States. Percutaneous injuries from sharp medical devices (sharps) are a source of bloodborne pathogen infections among home healthcare workers and community members. Sharps use and disposal practices in the home are highly variable and there is no comprehensive analysis of the system of sharps procurement, use and di...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of trampoline-related injuries among children in the United States. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of data for children 18 years old and younger from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission for 1990 through 1995. RESULTS There were an estimated 249 400 trampoline-related injuries...

Similar to penetrating torso trauma, nontorso injuries have undergone a fascinating oscillation between invasive and noninvasive approaches. This article discusses an organized approach to the evaluation and initial treatment of penetrating extremity injuries based on regional anatomy and clinical examination. The approach is reliable, efficient and minimizes both delays in diagnosis and missed...

 Monitoring behavior of children in the home is the extremely important to avoid the possible injuries. Therefore, an automated monitoring system for monitoring behavior of children by researchers has been considered. The first step for designing and executing an automated monitoring system on children's behavior in closed spaces is possible with recognize their activity by the sensors in the e...

 Monitoring behavior of children in the home is the extremely important to avoid the possible injuries. Therefore, an automated monitoring system for monitoring behavior of children by researchers has been considered. The first step for designing and executing an automated monitoring system on children's behavior in closed spaces is possible with recognize their activity by the sensors in the e...