Conditions and illnesses

Trauma

All-terrain vehicles (ATVs)

Each year, the MCH Trauma Centre sees approximately 20 patients who sustained serious injuries while riding on ATVs. The injuries include: brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, dental and facial trauma, abdominal trauma, and multiple fractures. 

Trauma

What Every Parent Should Know About Shaken Baby Impact Syndrome

SBIS previously referred to as "Shaken Baby Syndrome" (SBS) is an injury to the brain resulting from intentional head trauma which can occur when a baby is thrown, jogged, jerked, or shaken.

Conditions and illnesses

Keeping your kids happy and healthy -- even during a heat wave

Prevention for heat stroke in children is important when the temperature rises in the summer months. As a parent, there are many things you can do to help keep your kids happy and healthy, even during a heat wave.

Conditions and illnesses

Safe celebrating during the Holidays

In order to make your holidays safer, more relaxing and more enjoyable, think about these ideas and safety concerns ahead of time.

Trauma

Kids in hot cars.

It’s hard to imagine forgetting a child in the backseat of a car on a sunny, scorching 30 degree afternoon. But every year, there’s news of a child being left in a car, where the heat rose to dangerous, sweltering temperatures.Sadly, this tragic turn of events can happen to any parent or caregiver who has a temporary lapse of attention or disruption of a daily routine.
Trauma

Preventing scald burns

Trauma

Child Safety for All Ages

Some safety hazards apply to all children. But many problems are especially dangerous for children at a particular age or stage of development.
Trauma

Could it be a concussion? How to tell

Trauma

Ear Trauma Emergencies

Most ear emergencies result from some form of trauma. This trauma can be self-induced--a child's putting a foreign object in the ear-- or accidental--exposure to the blast from a firecracker or gun.
Trauma

Helmet Safety

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