Module 1: Initial Stabilization and Transfer of Pediatric Trauma
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- Responsible for 50% of all pediatric mortality
- For every child who dies from injury, 40 others are hospitalized and 1140 require emergency room treatment
- Motor vehicle crashes (50%) > falls (25%) > burns (5%)
- Head injury most common (80%) cause of fatalities
- Blunt trauma (90%) > penetrating trauma (10%)
- Male >> female (2:1)
Module 1: Initial Stabilization and Transfer of Pediatric Trauma
