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32 Cards in this Set
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Injuries and accidents are the leading cause of death in children ages ______
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1-24 years
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Accidents are leading cause of death among children ages _____
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1 month- 24 years
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____ are the leading cause of head injury in children younger than 5
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Falls
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_______ is the leading cause of death and disability among children ages 14 and under
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unintentional injury
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Greatest risk for bicycling fatalities?
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children 5-9
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Leading cause of death
among children older than 1 and teenagers? |
MV injuries
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Number 1 killer of children ages 3-14 years old in US?
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Car crashes
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2nd leading cause of death from injury in boys and 3rd in girls ages 5-14 years old
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Drowning
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Major cause of death during infancy ages 6-12 months
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Injuries
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Leading cause of injury to infants?
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falls, ingestions (poison), burns(scalds)
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Leading cause of fatal injury in children younger than 1 year?
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Asphyxiation by foreign material combined with mechanical suffocation
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Leading cause of death in children older than 1 year?
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Automobile injuries
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Poison is a major cause of death in children under age ___ especially between __ and __ peaking at age __.
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Poison is a major cause of death in children under age 6 especially between 2 and 3 peaking at age 2.
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Accidental ingestion (poison) most frequently occurring in toddler _____ years
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1-3 years
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Major source of burns in toddlers are:
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scalds, grease, biting into electrical cords, hot drinks
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Most fatal type of burn in toddler:
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Flames
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2rd leading cause of unintentional injury in children ages 14 and under with children under 5 at the greatest risk:
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fire and burns
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most common thermal burn injury:
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scald burns. More serious in children than adults
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2nd leading cause of accidental (unintentional injury) death in children: toddler and preschool :::
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drowning (( most high risk at private pools ))
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Head injuries are a major cause of death and injury to preschoolers ... especially ____ injuries
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bicycle injuries
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Motor vehicle accidents (MVA): most common cause of severe accidental injury in _________ aged child
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school aged child :: pedestrian or passenger
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Homicides and firearm popular in:
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school aged children
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MVA, firearms (major cause of death among males) : ____________
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school aged
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Unintentional injury, homicide and suicide: 70% deaths in 10-19 year; MV crashes, suicides, homicides: firearms...what age group?
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Adolescent
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Form of intentional injury: 2nd leading cause of death amount all us adolescents. Majority of cases: _____
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adolescents: firearms
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____% of all accidents happen at home.
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90%
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Infant is 21 lb or 26 inches long, best type of seat?
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Infant only seat. 5 point harness w/ broad straps and cushions the head
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Weighing over ____ lb child can have a toddler seat
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20 lb
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Infants should face ____ and be placed where in car?
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face the rear, in middle seat...from birth to 20 lb, as close to 1 year of age as possible
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Child weighs 20 lb, but not 1 year old ___________ recommended
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rear-facing
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Convertible safety seat is positioned _________ and facing _______ for a child younger than 1 year weighing less than 20 lb. Greater than 20 lb: forward facing (toddler)
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semi-reclined....facing the rear of car
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Booster seats for child weighing _______ lbs
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35-80 lb :: 4-8 years old
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