Trauma Survivors Network - provided by ATS

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A Program of the ATS

Childhood Falls

ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Pediatrics
(847) 228-5097
Infant Furniture, Cribs:
www.aap.org

Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov

National SAFE KIDS Campaign.
Falls [Fact Sheet]. Available at
www.usa.safekids.org

National Safety Council
(800) 621-7619
Link to
www.nsc.org for "Keeping Kids Safe From Home Falls" and check out
for the "Guard Against Slips and Trips With This Fall Protection Quiz."

Risk Watch
Falls Prevention: Know the Facts
www.nfpa.org

Safety tips by room
Lowe’s Safety Council

(800) SAFE-HOME
Lowe’s Home Safety Council. Protect your child: Simple solutions to a safer home. Available at
www.homesafetycouncil.org/safety_guide/safetyguide.aspx

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(800) 638-2772
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/chld_frn.html

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Danger in the home. Available at
www.hud.gov

 BOOKS

American Academy of Pediatrics. Caring for your baby and young child, birth to age 5: The complete and authoritative guide. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.

Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics. Injury Prevention and Control for Children and Youth. Elk Grove Village, IL: The Academy, 1997.

Institute of Medicine. Reducing the burden of injury: Advancing prevention and treatment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.

National Center for Health Statistics. National Mortality Data. Hyattsville, Md.: NCHS, 1999.

Quinlan KP, Thompson MP, Annest JL, Peddicord J, Ryan G, Kessler EP, McDonald AK. Expanding the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System to monitor all nonfatal injuries in US hospital emergency departments. Annals of Emergency Medicine 1999;34:637-45.

Weiss HB, Mathers LJ, Forjuoh SN, Kinnane JM. Child and adolescent emergency department visit databook. Pittsburgh: Allegheny University Center for Violence and Injury Control, 1997.