MAIN CAUSES OF UNINTENTIONAL ACCIDENTS IN PEDIATRICS AND PREVENTION - LITERATURE REVIEW

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593692304094

• Palavras-chave: Domestic accidents; Disaster prevention; Primary prevention.

• Keywords: Domestic accidents; Disaster prevention; Primary prevention.

• Abstract:

  Introduction: Unintentional injuries can occur in the domestic, urban, leisure or rural environment. Objective: To review the main causes of unintentional accidents in children and their prevention. Result: Paying attention to parents regarding the safety of children in different environments must be part of the consultation routine in Basic Health Units, as it represents an important problem and is associated with preventable infant mortality. Conclusion: In the first year of life, falls, suffocation, burns and foreign body aspiration are important causes of unintentional accidents. At the age of 2 to 5 years, falls are followed by suffocation, burns and drowning and, over 5 years, followed by being run over, burns and intoxication. Prevention takes place through different measures, specific to each case. In the context of adolescents, raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol use, domestic accidents, installation of bars on windows, nets on balconies, gates on stairs, bilateral handrails on stairs, positioning of pot handles facing the inside of the stove. As for parks, they depend on measures such as parental supervision, regulation of equipment and establishment of maximum height. In the rural environment, it is important that, in addition to supervision, physical measures are implemented, such as fencing wells; keep the child away from livestock; do not leave it near tractors or allow them to travel as passengers.