Baby walker related injuries--a continuing problem.
Open Access
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Emergency Medicine Journal
- Vol. 8 (1), 52-55
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.8.1.52
Abstract
Baby walkers have been associated with burns, head trauma and other types of injury. A retrospective study of all infants under the age of two years attending an accident and emergency unit demonstrated 22 injuries associated with baby walkers from a total of 1049 attendances. The most serious injuries were three skull fractures, with the most common mechanism being of a fall downstairs in the walker. Injury while in a baby walker occurred with a similar frequency to injury due to road traffic accidents. We conclude that despite previous warnings Baby Walkers still represent a considerable hazard to infants.Keywords
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