A paediatric trauma study of scooter injuries

Emergency Medicine Australasia : EMA
Christina P H Fong, Natalie Hood

Abstract

To investigate the incidence and describe the nature of non-motorized scooter related injuries in children presenting to the ED. Paediatric ED of a metropolitan tertiary referral hospital. A prospective observational study of patients aged under 19 years presenting with injuries sustained while using a non-motorized scooter. Clinicians recorded the data in the patient record. type of injury sustained; period of experience on the scooter; the use of protective gear; the presence of adult supervision; the place of accident; and the patient outcome. Sixty-two eligible patients were recruited over an 18 month period. The incidence of scooter- related injuries was 1.3% of all paediatric trauma presentations. There was a fall in scooter injury presentations over the study period; however, this was not statistically significant. The most common injury sustained using a scooter was an upper limb fracture (41.9%). Closed head injury comprised 8.1% of all scooter related injuries. The majority of patients were not wearing protective gear and were unsupervised at the time of their accident. Most patients (79%) were managed in the ED and discharged. There has been no significant change in scooter injury presentations over the two summer pe...Continue Reading

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