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New Washington Study: Child Injuries Increase Risk Of Sibling Injuries

Have you had to take one child to the emergency room recently after a summer injury or accident? The chances that you’ll be back soon are greater than that of another family, a new study says. According to Dr. Brian D. Johnston, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington, once one child in a family is injured, the injury rate for others in the family goes up for roughly the next three months.

Researchers are still not sure why “cluster injuries” occur in families and among siblings. Johnston believes that the phenomenon may be related to post-traumatic stress in the family after a significant injury – everyone may be jittery, on edge, and finding it difficult to focus. Since the injuries are usually unrelated and unconnected (it is rare to see two siblings both break a leg riding a horse, or have two swimming accidents) the issue probably doesn’t have to do with a lack of parenting or supervision.

Some of your children may also be generally at a higher risk than others. Boys are hurt more often than girls, those with attention disorders are prone to injury – and those who have a past of injuries are more likely to continue to be injury prone.

All in all, more than one million children visit an emergency room each year for an accident injury – and about 12,000 die from injuries. It is one of the only age groups where injuries like falls and water deaths are more common than car fatalities. Also, injury numbers for children skyrocket during warm weather, when children are outside, active, and out of school.

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