With the development of contemporary society, forms of residence and ways of liefe are changing. Particularly in cities, the condition of child protection are undergoing changes, and the causes and circumstances of pediatric
trauma
are found in diverse patterns, owing to the trend toward concentrated apartment houses, nuclear familiesm women's social participation, etc.
In order to undertand and take preventive measures against pediatric trauma through surveying and analyzing externally wounded children in concentrated residential ares.
I examined 1452 children who came to the emergency room of Sanggye paik hospital, InJe University, by place, time, cause, causative object, of their external wounds, and their protector, from sept. 1, 1989 to Aug. 31, 1990, securing the
following
result : In sexual distribution ratio, males are 67.2% of the whole, a ratio exceeding that of females, By age, toddler(2-4 years of age) are 47.0%, a percentage higher than that of any other age bracket, By time, most external
wounds
took
place at 18 : 00-21 : 00 o'clock. As to place, 54.2% was to home.
In cases of 78.9%, some protector was nearby at the time of accident.
Moreover, 21.5% of the causes of wounds was their parents carelessness or physical punishment by the same.
Objects causative of trauma were anything with no distinction in an action radius.
In view of the forgoing result, we may come to the conclusion that necessary steps against pediatric trauma are the improvement of protective surroundings for children, the intensification of safety cducation, the security
of
safe playthings and playgrounds, etc., but the most important of all is parents' interest in the safety of their children.
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