Pediatrician Poll: Injuries
How do kids get hurt? 82% from falls.
by Babble Staff
June 8, 2007
"A lot of accidental touching of things like fire and hot water." — Patricia McGuire, MD, FAAP. Cedar Rapids, IA.
"Falls with bruises. Kids' bones are really hard to break and they should run around and fall down, but when they are toddlers they don't really watch what they're doing." — Charles I. Shubin, MD, FAAP. Baltimore, MD.
"Head injuries, with toddlers or infants falling out of their parent's arms, or falling at the playground. Burns are also common." — Erin Thelander, MD, FAAP. Brooklyn, NY.
To obtain these results, we randomly called 300 AAP-approved pediatricians in 50 states, then tallied the answers of the 20 who called back.
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