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By Michael Kaplen

The New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Injury Prevention has just published their August Newsletter which  contains some important information on playground safety and traumatic brain injury:

Kids love playgrounds, and with the nice weather children flock to neighborhood and schoolyard playgrounds. In NYS, an average of approximately 6,000 children ages 19 years and younger are treated annually in emergency departments and 500 children are hospitalized for injuries resulting from playground-related fall injuries.

Traumatic brain injury is the second leading diagnosis of all injuries sustained on playgrounds across New York State. Children between the ages of five and nine are at highest risk for injuries sustained on playgrounds. To keep kids safe on playgrounds, please make sure there is: adequate supervision, age appropriate equipment, proper playground surfaces, and properly maintained equipment. More information on playground safety is available from:

o American Academy of Pediatrics

o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

o National Program for Playground Safety (www.playgroundsafety.org/safetyweek/)

o New York State Department of Health

o U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/playpubs.html)

Full post as published by Brain Injury News and Information on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).