Experts have revealed the items that frequently land children in the emergency room — and they’re more common than you might think.
Research to be announced this weekend at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference details how scorching curling irons, small desk magnets and speeding electric scooters pose risks to children, according to NBC News.
They are just a few objects in a long list of safety hazard items, including but not limited to small toys, coins or batteries that can be accidentally swallowed or unsafe furniture that can tip over.
“Unfortunately, there are some products that harm themselves,” said pediatric emergency medicine expert Dr. Leah Middelberg told NBC News.
Middelberg, who practices at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, specifically focused on the dangers of desk magnets — small pressure-relieving spheres that double as fidget toys — in his research, which children can stick in their noses, ears or mouths. them.
“They come in tens to hundreds in these little sets, where easily a couple can break free and get caught in the rug and a small child can pick it up,” said Middelberg, whose research used data from 2017 to 2019 collected by 25 hospitals. the whole country.
Experts are warning parents that some items often land kids in the hospital — and they’re more common than you might think. NY Post illustration Medical experts urge parents not to let their children ride high-speed electric scooters. Siniehina – stock. adobe.com
Middelberg, who found nearly 600 cases of magnet-related accidents, noted a “huge increase” in similar incidents and calls to poison control centers over the past six years.
Swallowing more than one can result in magnets attracting and pinching tissue internally, causing bleeding or blockages that pose a health risk.
Magnets are a known risk for young children, who accidentally swallow small objects while playing or, in some cases, fake tongue piercings for internet challenges.
Middelberg hopes the new regulations for magnet safety will reduce the number of accidents among children.
Last September, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission voted to approve new standards for magnets that “require loose or separable magnets in certain magnetic products to be either too large to be swallowed, or weak enough to reduce the risk of internal injury when swallowed.”
Curling irons, a common household tool, pose a burn hazard to young children because they can reach temperatures as high as 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hot hair styling tools can reach scalding temperatures and pose a scalding hazard for young children.OLGA RA – stock.adobe.com
“In terms of development, children under 10 years old, they will be curious, they will achieve something. They don’t necessarily have the skills learned, ‘Hey, that might be dangerous. That’s hot,'” researcher Dr. Brandon Rozanki, a pediatric resident at Honolulu’s Tripler Army Medical Center, told NBC News.
Using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, Rozanki found 31,000 hair tool-related burn injuries in people under the age of 24 from 2013 to 2022, with most occurring in the 10-year-old or younger age group.
Although the majority do not require medical attention, she advises parents to keep hot styling tools away from children until they are teenagers.
Then there are electric scooters, which pose a greater risk to 16- to 18-year-old boys.
Research conducted by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia using data from US emergency departments showed 13,500 electric scooter-related injuries from 2020 to 2021 — a 71% jump.
The most common injury was to the head, with 67% of those patients not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Electric scooters are prevalent in metropolitan geographies such as New York City, which saw an increase in scooter and moped injuries in the city’s emergency rooms in 2020.
Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr. J. Todd Lawrence, who practices at a children’s hospital, said it’s common to see children in the ER for similar accidents, though he mostly sees “little bumps and bruises.”
Desk magnets, intended for fidgety adults, pose a choking hazard or risk of getting stuck in the ears or nose.Brandon Seidel – stock.adobe.com
The Philly researchers are encouraging more bike and scooter lanes to prevent accidents, as well as educating riders about road safety.
But parents shouldn’t buy high-speed scooters for their kids, Lawrence cautions.
“If you want to take your 15-year-old boy for a ride, they don’t need it going 55 miles an hour,” he advises.
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