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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, Feb. 10, 2010 -- A new study published in the Journal of Trauma reports that finger and thumb amputations accounted for 64% of the more than 950 cases of traumatic amputations among pediatric patients in the United States in 2003.
The study was conducted by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and found that children aged 4 years or younger most commonly had amputations resulting from being caught in or between objects. More than 80% of these injuries involved a finger or thumb and resulted from a door accident.
Pediatric emergency room physicians James Schmidt and Joel Clingenpeel are available to comment on this study and provide tips to your readers or viewers. Both pediatricians work at a leading children's hospital in Virginia, and co-founded in 2007 a childproofing business called Child Safety House Calls, which helps parents childproof their homes and slows the flow of children to emergency rooms.
Dr. Clingenpeel can be reached at joel.clingenpeel@childsafetyhousecalls.com
Dr. Schmidt can be reached at (757) 635-8486
Following are several of their finger safety tips for your use. Please note, at the risk of being too promotional, I have included solutions to the problem by linking to safety products that doctors Schmidt and Clingenpeel have tested and recommend.
- Children love to slam doors. Be aware that many children lose their fingers while chasing an older sibling into a room.
- Keep doors securely closed when possible with childproof locks and or door knob covers.
- Doors can be made "slamproof" with a simple childproofing device - the door mouse. The best one can be found HERE. If none is available, a heavy towel or blanket thrown over a door near the hinges can help
- The DigitSaver won a Child Safety House Calls Award of Excellence in 2009 for its role in helping parents to prevent finger amputations.
- Get rid of furniture with lids that can slam shut unless they have child-safe hinges. Often furniture can be retrofitted with safety hinges to prevent slamming.
- If possible, bring severed digits to the hospital on ice. Be prepared that most fingers that are cut off at the tip beyond the last joint CANNOT be reattached.
Media Contact:
Dr. James Schmidt, (757) 635-8486 |
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