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Tag: falls

Top 5 causes of serious injury for children

Posted on by Emma Hammett

5 most common causes of serious injury for children: The 7th – 13th June 2021 is Child Safety Week, run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) to raise awareness of the risks of child accidents and how they can be prevented. CAPT analysed data on England’s deaths and hospital admissions for five years from 2008-12 […]

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Getting up after a fall

Posted on by Emma Hammett

Getting up after a fall is a skill which can mean an elderly person gets help faster and minimises complications such as pressure sores and hypothermia. More than 500,000 people aged over 65 years of age attend accident and emergency departments every year as the result of accidents at home – the majority of these […]

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