Table 3 Most common responses elicited on the type of unintentional childhood injury/ies that could possibly encountered in the given scenario and responses and measures that could potentially be taken to prevent them
Scenario | Possibility on types injuries | Preventive measures |
|---|---|---|
Woman riding bicycle without safety features, with child pillion sitting behind barefoot and legs hanging by one side without helmets | • Fall from bicycle • Injury to the neck following a fall • Spokes causing injury to legs • Clothes can get stuck between the wheels | • Using skirt-guard • Avoid taking children as pillion riders • Appropriate support for the kid • The child should put legs on both sides of bicycle • Use a child seat |
Toddler climbing a staircase without supervision | • Fall from staircase causing injury, especially head injury | • Supervision is essential |
Infant playing with a plastic bag | • Suffocation • Can obstruct vision causing fall | • Keep plastic bags out of reach of children • Supervision • To avoid using plastic bags • To dispose plastic bags appropriately |
Boy crossing the road in a non-zebra crossing | • Can be hit by a vehicle | • Accompany the child while crossing the road especially in non-zebra crossings |
Small children playing with firecrackers | • Can cause burns and injury to eyes • Explosion • Poisoning due to gun powder | • Adult supervision • Using personal protective equipments • Small children should not be allowed to play with crackers • Segregate the crackers according to the age |
Unsupervised toddler near a bucket of water | • Child can drown • Spillage of water, child can slip and fall | • Keep buckets/containers with water covered • Keep buckets empty |
Infant playing with household chemicals | • Accidental poisoning • Inhalation of chemicals • Skin/burn injury | • Adult supervision |
Small children climbing trees | • Fall from tree | • Adult supervision |
Mother cooking food using firewood stove placed at the ground level | • Burn injury | • Supervision • Keep the child away from the kitchen |
Unsupervised child playing at a construction site | • Brick and construction material falling on the child causing serious injury • Inhalation of cement/dust | • Supervision |