Stroller or baby carrier accidents land an average of 50 children a day in hospital emergency rooms across the United States, findings based on data collected through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance system revealed. A new study found that about two children in the country visit the emergency room every hour for such injuries.
More than 360,000 children aged between five or younger went to the ER for stroller- or carrier-related injuries from 1990 to 2010, the study revealed. According to the report published Wednesday in the journal Academic Pediatrics, fewer than one in five accidents involving strollers or baby carriers resulted in traumatic brain injuries or concussions in 1990. However, the figure increased two-fold to 42 percent in 2010. Many of these injuries occurred when children fell out of a stroller or carrier, or the product tipped over, the study said.
“While these products are used safely by families every day, when injuries do occur they can be quite serious,” study co-author Kristi Roberts, a research associate in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio, said in a statement. “The majority of injuries we saw were head injuries, which is scary considering the fact that traumatic brain injuries and concussions in young children may have long-term consequences on cognitive development.”
The carriers included those that adults can wear to carry the child, as well as handheld carriers such as baby-carrying baskets and carriers that detach from a stroller.
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