Pre-schoolers on the farm at risk of injury.Preschool-aged children exposed to agricultural worksites are at high risk of fatal injuries, a research study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) is a general medical journal that is published biweekly by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). It is considered to be one of the top six general medical journals; the others being the , June 6, 2006 reports. The researchers propose prevention strategies that focus on restricting children's access to these worksites. They also propose that physicians and other health care professionals who care for rural families take on a proactive role in communicating the nature and magnitude of these risks. Preschool-aged children in agricultural worksites are at high risk of fatal injuries, higher than from all other unintentional fatal injury among Canadian children in the same age group (14.9 v. 8.7 per 100,000 person-years, respectively). The study is based on a national case series which was assembled for the years 1990-2001. The researchers identified children aged 1-6 years who were fatally injured during the course of agricultural work or through contact with a hazard of an agricultural worksite. The main causes of injuries were: being run over by agricultural machinery Agricultural machinery is one of the most revolutionary and impactful applications of modern technology. The truly elemental human need for food has often driven the development of technology and machines. as a bystander by·stand·er n. A person who is present at an event without participating in it. bystander Noun a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator Noun 1. (29%), as an extra rider who fell from the machine (22%), or asphyxia asphyxia (ăsfĭk`sēə), deficiency of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood and body tissues. Asphyxia, often referred to as suffocation, usually results from an interruption of breathing due to mechanical blockage of the due to drowning (23%). The research team is headed by Robert Brison of Queen's University Queen's University, at Kingston, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1841 as Queen's College. It achieved university status in 1912. It has faculties of arts and sciences, education, law, medicine, and applied science, as well as schools of and Kingston General Hospital Clinical Research Centre. |
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