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A child injury prevention fair is being held at Lee Memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers, this Saturday, January 23rd. The Emergency and Trauma Services wing at Lee Memorial will be working in conjunction with The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida to provide activities and information to educate families on how to avoid childhood accidents.
Some of the areas to be discussed include how to prevent child injuries such as fall accidents, child burn injury and car accident injury. Healthy snacks will also be available.
Michele King, director of the Child Advocacy Program at The Children’s Hospital stated. “There will be so much good information for parents and kids. It is very interactive.”
To find out more information on the event, please contact Karen Krieger, Director of Public Affairs at 239-454-8765.
Athletics, for many children growing up, is a rite of passage. For middle school and high school student athletes, sports offers competition as well as opportunity. But there can be risks, as well. Many parents, as their children become involved in competitive sports, share concerns about head injuries.
Fortunately, basic guidelines for recognizing minor concussions in scholastic sports have been developed. An understanding of these can prevent more serious injuries and consequences. Neurologists and neuropsychologists have recognized that the length of loss of consciousness is somewhat related to the severity of injury. The amount of time an adult or child fails to recall before the trauma and the period of time not recalled following the trauma are also somewhat related to the extent of injury.
According to the CDC, a concussion is a brain injury that can be brought on by a bump, blow or jolt to the head and although not all bumps to the head involve a brain injury, concussions should never be taken lightly. They can show up right after an injury or take days or weeks to emerge. Parents, student athletes and coaches should exercise great caution, as the long term effects of multiple concussions can be severe.
Additional resources:
ImPACT, a neuro-cognitive test -A 20-minute computerized examination that judges reaction time, memory and attention span through a progression of mental challenges.
www.AAN.COM- The American Academy of Neurology
In the event of an injury to your son or daughter, you experience doubts and a sense of anxiety about your child. In a great article from WHYY news it states: “In the aftermath of a child’s injury, parents often struggle with pain of their own.”
The article explains a new study from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and examines how parents cope psychologically after a child is injured.
According to the study, “Doctors at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital found that one month after a child’s injury, 37 percent of parents experienced symptoms of traumatic stress including high levels of anxiety.”
In the event of an injury to your child, you may experience these same kinds of symptoms. We have found an excellent website to help parents deal with the trauma after an accident or injury. AfterTheInjury is a great website with alot of resources.
