Tip-over injuries in children under 5 years of age in Queensland 1999-2008


Autoria(s): Inoue, Nobu; Barker, Ruth; Scott, Deborah A.
Data(s)

01/10/2009

Resumo

Furniture and appliance related injuries in children under 5 years of age accounts for an estimated 180 emergency presentations annually in Queensland. Injuries occur when children push or pull items over, climb and fall off furniture, or climb and tip the item over. Children under 2 years of age tend to injure themselves by pulling items over onto themselves Children over 2 years of age are more likely to be injured after climbing the item and either falling off or tipping the item over onto themselves. Tip over injuries (where the item falls over and injures the child) in children under 5 years of age account for an estimated 115 emergency presentations annually in Queensland. The item most commonly associated with a tip over injury is a television (with or without the cabinet) Prevention requires better design and selection of furniture with inherent stability coupled with mechanisms to install or fix less stable items

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29478/

Publicador

Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU)

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29478/1/FurnitureTipover_QISU_2009.10.pdf

http://www.qisu.org.au/ModCoreFrontEnd/index.asp?pageid=109

Inoue, Nobu, Barker, Ruth, & Scott, Deborah A. (2009) Tip-over injuries in children under 5 years of age in Queensland 1999-2008. Injury Bulletin, 107. Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU), Brisbane, Queensland.

Direitos

Copyright 2009 Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit

Fonte

Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; National Centre for Health Information Research & Training; School of Public Health & Social Work

Palavras-Chave #111711 Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance) #Furniture related injury #Childhood injury #Injury Surveillance
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Report