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- From: zacek@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Daniel M. Zacek)
- Subject: Re: Paediatric accidents
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.084013.15186@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <9212212327.AA20524@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:40:13 GMT
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- rmccartn@CLN.ETC.BC.CA writes:
- >>>We have had an increasing number of rather bizarre accidents over the last few
- >>>months. They involve children with injuries of various severity from having
- >>>televisions falling on them, usually their heads. Apparently the child is
- >>>either climbing on the TV, or reaching up to turn it on, and pulls it over.
- >>
- >>Have you considered the possibility of non-accidental trauma? It sounds like
- >>a good excuse for a parent, and I agree that the chance that a child would
- >>pull a TV on themselves is low. I've been suspicious ever since I was called
- >>for an insect bite, and found a femur fx on a 3 yr. old. :(
- >>
- >>/s/dan emt-p
-
- >If TV are portables then I suspect it is the fault of the TV Stand
- >W/wheels. The child pushes it back so the projection from the picture tube
- >hits the wall and off it comes especially if there is a dust cloth under
- >it.
-
- I don't mean to nit-pick, but I don't see how a child small enough to get
- their head below the TV before it falls would be strong enough to dislodge
- the TV. I'm still suspicious...
-
- Did anyone see any TV shows which used "TV falling" as an excuse for NAT?
- Perhaps Perry Mason or Rescue 911 provided the fuel. Forgive me for my
- negative attitude, but I think any pattern of injuries which is new should
- raise the index of suspicion. :(
-
- /s/dan
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