Study: ED providers could be doing more to prevent injuries, deaths related to improperly restrained child passengers

摘要

Researchers from the University of Michigan's CS Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Ml, report that both general and pediatric-trained emergency providers are missing opportunities to get critical information about the proper use of child restraints out to the families of children when they are brought to the ED following motor vehicle crashes. In a survey sent to a random sample of 1200 emergency physicians across the country, fewer than one-half of the responding physicians indicated that the parents of a 2-year-old being discharged from their ED following a motor vehicle crash would be supplied with discharge instructions that include advice about the proper use of car seats.