It Takes More than Bubble Wrap to Prevent Pediatric Injuries: Lessons from the Emergency Department

Objectives for It Takes More than Bubble Wrap to Prevent Pediatric Injuries: Lessons from the Emergency Department: 

• Identify at least three factors that contribute to pediatric all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related injuries and be able to explain why they are concerns.
• List at least three design features of off-highway vehicles (ORVs) that contribute to crash and subsequent injury, and be able to discuss how these features make them vulnerable to loss of control on public roadways. 
• State the most common ways young children are injured on playground slides and by lawn mowers, and how one might avoid those injuries.
• Discuss important safety messages one might share with patients and their families in anticipatory guidance, and how one could become a more effective safety advocate in preventing injuries and deaths in children.

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