PMID: 9434993Jan 22, 1998Paper

In-line skating: a deadly pediatric activity?

Pediatric Emergency Care
A A Pudpud, M Y Linares

Abstract

To report pediatric injuries requiring hospitalization and deaths related to in-line skating in a children's hospital and to review the trend and description of in-line skating-related pediatric deaths reported by the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) from 1991 to 1995. The medical records of patients admitted or pronounced dead at Miami Children's Hospital (MCH) related to in-line skating injuries and the NEISS national database pediatric death reports were reviewed and analyzed. Tertiary trauma center at a children's hospital in southern Florida and emergency departments that participated in NEISS. Pediatric patients who required admission or were pronounced dead for injuries related to in-line skating during a two-year study period at MCH. Pediatric deaths reported to NEISS related to in-line skating from 1991 to 1995. Eight admissions and one death occurred at MCH and are discussed separately. The median age was 13 years with a range of four, 77% were male. NEISS had 28 cases of pediatric death reported, 96.4% were due to motor vehicle collision with the skater. The median age was 12 years, 81.5% were male. The 0- to 14-year age group represented 57.9% of all injuries in 1994, an increase of 136% from 1...Continue Reading

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