A prospective study of 94 burned children was carried out from January 1993 to October 1994. Scalding was the predominant cause of injury affecting mainly toddlers between 1 and 3 years old. Ninety-six per cent of the injuries occurred at home. There was 1 death following an 81% flame burns. An intense campaign to make parents aware of the hazards is required as almost all the injuries were pre...

Health education and injury prevention campaigns addressing the need for protective gear in sports and cycling activities can increase awareness and use. More rapid adoption can occur through legislation or regulation. Greater dissemination of safety measures for home and workplace can similarly lower the risk of falls and other unintentional injuries. With regard to reducing intentional injuri...

Electrical burn injuries account for about 5% of burns unit admissions. Electricians and linesmen are at highest risk but those working with electrical tools also form a significant proportion of this patient group. [2] Electrical injuries in children are unusual and are mainly due to misguided exploration outside the home. [3] For every death, there are two serious injuries and 36 reported ele...

OBJECTIVE To investigate patterns of non-fatal unintentional injuries among "left-behind children" in Macheng, China. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in September and October, 2006. Age-specific and sex-specific injury rates were calculated. RESULTS 3019 students were interviewed in six schools. Of these, 1182 were identified as "left-behind"; 62.3% had both parents away from...

objectives: falling is a common problem among the elderly. falling indoors and outdoors is highly prevalent among the iranian elderly. therefore, identification of the contributing factors at home and their modification can reduce falls and subsequent injuries inthe elderly. the goal of this study was to identify the elderly at risk of fall, using the ‘home falls and accident screening tool’ (h...

Although the home is a major setting for injury morbidity and mortality, there are few proven effective interventions for reducing home injury risk. To inform future research or interventions, this study measures associations between home injury hazards and home injury from a sample of New Zealand households. Logistic regression was used to assess the association between injury hazards identifi...

A 2-year-old girl sustained severe injury to 2 fingers from a home paper shredder. This case illustrates the risk of injury from paper shredders, which are increasingly common household items. Toddlers are at risk of finger injury and amputation. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission performed an investigation of reported injuries and the characteristics of paper shredders that might have c...

BACKGROUND Previously, no difference in acute injury rate has been found when playing football on artificial turf (AT) compared with natural grass (NG). AIM To compare acute injury rates in professional football played on AT and NG at the individual player level; and to compare, at club level, acute and overuse injury rates between clubs that have AT at their home venue (AT clubs) and clubs t...

BACKGROUND Falls and related injuries are a major public health concern in elderly people. Multifactorial interventions may result in significant reduction in falls but their effectiveness in prevention of fall-induced injuries at centre-based falls clinics is unclear. This study assessed the effectiveness of the multifactorial Chaos Clinic Falls Prevention Programme on rate of falls and relate...