PEDS 602 Pediatric Trauma and Accidental Injury (PEDS 602)

PEDIATRIC TRAUMA & ACCIDENTAL INJURYACCIDENTSTRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES BY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE • Infants – MVA, birth trauma, prematurity, shaken, Abuse, fall off table/dropped – bed? (3 ft vs 30 ft) • Toddlers – MVA, fall(window), Abuse, ingestions, drowning • School Age – MVA, moving (bike, pedes), hit with ball/game • Adolescents – MVA, drugs, firearms, blunt or penetrating trauma *includes scalp, skull or brain injuryCONTUSIONS VS CONCUSSIONS • Concussion – S...