Road accidents, fall from height main cause of critical head injuries in children, says study
The HinduRoad traffic accidents and fall from a height of more than 10 feet topped the list of critical head injuries in children who are admitted to paediatric intensive care, a multi-centre observational study on children with trauma in Chennai and Bengaluru has found. The study, Trauma Research in Paediatrics, carried out for over two years with data collection from July 2020 to September 2022, saw nearly 260 critically injured children admitted to paediatric intensive care units in 10 centres in the two cities. It found that 28% of critically injured children required blood product transfusion of which seven children had massive transfusions for life-threatening bleeding, according to a release. World Trauma Day On the occasion of World Trauma Day on October 17, paediatric trauma specialists have raised concerns about safety regulations for children to prevent life-threatening injuries.
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