Child Injuries

Seminary program 1. INTRODUCTION 2. WHAT IS INJURY 3. INJURY CONSEQUENSES 4. INJURY IS NOT ACCIDENTIAL 5. INJURY PREVENTION 6. CHILD INJURIES

INTRODUCTION Goal: we would like you to accept these main concepts: Child injuries are serious health and social problem. Child injury prevention is important, effective and quite easy. Adults hodl the keys for health of children. Children can protect themselves as well.

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INJURY CONSEQUENSES Injuries are the main risk for children. Children death by cause in Czech Republic 300 deaths 2 000 - 3 000 handicaped 45 000 hospitalised 450 000 úrazů treated wounds

[object Object],INJURY CONSEQUENSES … consequensec for child, family and ather people … and for whole society ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],300 dead 3 000 handicaped 45 000 hospitalised Ekonomical losses caused by child injuries are 10 - 15 mld CZK every year. (2 mil CZK - treating middle sized burning.) Every year in Czech Republic Serious injuries: Common injuries: Fracture, dislocation, scratche, contusion, minor cut, ... Burning, scald, head injury, poisoning, drawning, fall, polythrauma, ... … we all know these injuries, they happen, but there happen more serious ones ...

[object Object],INJURY IS NOT ACCIDENTAL RECOVERY INJURY HANDICAP 1 second misfortune Two year old girl found grandmother‘s pills - serious poisoning. Small child fell out of window. It survived, but with health handicap. Group of children played at building ground, one of them was burried by concrete tube - it did not survived. 13 y.o. boy fell from bycicle. Without helmet he suffered lethel head injuriy. luck by chance

[object Object],INJURY IS NOT ACCIDENTAL CAUSE INJURY CONSEQUENSE minutes 1 second weeks, months, years Two year old girl found grandmother‘s pills - serious poisoning. Stačilo léky zamknout do lékárničky. Small child fell out of window. It survived, but with health handicap. Okno mělo být zajištěno řetízkem, úraz se stát nemusel. Adults did not create safe environment for children. Group of children played at building ground, one of them was burried by concrete tube - it did not survived. Znaly děti nebezpečí, které jim hrozilo? 13 y.o. boy fell from bycicle. Without helmet he suffered lethel head injuriy. Život mu mohla zachránit přilba. Child did not know, how to behave safely or behaved unsafe intentionaly.

[object Object],INJURY PREVENTION Active way of prevention Pasive way of prevention Child Parents, teachers, local authorities, parliement beahaves safely create safe environ-ment for children 1-6 year 6-11 years 11-16 years Child knows, what is dangerous, what it can not do. Child knows dangers and how to avoid them. Child realizes consequenses of its behavior, behaves responsibly, protects its own health. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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CHILD INJURIES Typology of child injuries according to age and place. Environment should be safe, child should be under control. Pre-school Home, traffic, streets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Age Place Types of injury Prevention

CHILD INJURIES School, home, traffic, street Child knows, what injury is, knows possible threats, dangers and consequences and uses safety gadgets. Typology of child injuries according to age and place. Age Place Type of injury Prevention Basic school ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CHILD INJURIES Age Place Type of injury Prevention Typology of child injuries according to age and place. Secondary school School, playground, traffic, street ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Child knows the value of its own life and health, knows the risks and takes responsibility for its own health and future.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],RESUME Děkujeme všem, kteří pomáháte chránit děti před úrazy!

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