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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Fatal unintentional traumatic asphyxia in childhood |
Author: | Byard, R. Hanson, K. James, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2003; 39(1):31-32 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Science Asia |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 1034-4810 1440-1754 |
Statement of Responsibility: | RW Byard, KA Hanson and RA James |
Abstract: | Objective: The present study was undertaken to examine specific features of unintentional traumatic asphyxial deaths in childhood. Methods: Coronial files and records at the Forensic Science Centre in Adelaide, South Australia, were examined over a 35-year period from 1966 to 2000 for all cases of traumatic asphyxial death occurring in children under the age of 17 years. Results: Six cases of unintentional fatal traumatic asphyxia were identified. All of the victims were boys with an age range of 2−15 years (mean 6.8 years) and all were found dead at the scene. Fatal traumatic asphyxia resulted from entrapment beneath a chest of drawers, beneath a table tennis table, between a pile of wooden pallets and a metal fence, between a conveyor belt and its frame, and under a motor vehicle (in two cases). Conclusions: Fatal traumatic asphyxia in childhood is a rare event, with younger children commonly being trapped by furniture or by industrial equipment while playing, and older children being trapped under motor vehicles in similar circumstances to adult traumatic asphyxial deaths. Unsupervised play of young children around heavy and potentially unstable pieces of furniture may be dangerous, particularly if more than one child is present. Unsupervised play of young children in industrial yards should be avoided. |
Keywords: | traumatic asphyxia |
Description: | Article first published online: 31 JAN 2003 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00067.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00067.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Pathology publications |
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