In many ways, children in America are safer than ever. But apparently, he could not get a golf cars grade. This week new research, pediatric golf car injuries have increased.
Researchers at Philadelphia Children’s Hospital, who sent children and young adults to the emergency department, analyzed the golf car injuries. Researchers have found that these injuries have increased in recent years and almost half of them contain children under 12 years of age.
“In addition to the frequency of the increasing children of the children who continue these vehicles and lasting, they are associated with an increase in both the number and diversity of childhood golf car injuries,” he said. expression From the American Academy of Pediatrics. The findings are presented at the National Conference of AAP at the weekend.
Why and children are renewing by golf cars
Researchers were considered through the National Electronic Injury Surveys System (NEISS), a database of injuries treated in hospital emergency departments throughout the country. The data aims to represent nationally, so scientists usually use to measure how many Americans damage certain products or special injuries.
Between 2010-2023, they studied NeISS data and focused on injuries with the golf car between children and young adults (22 years and six). During this period, they counted 1,419 cases – the estimation of 53,855 injuries throughout the country. On average, they estimated that approximately 3,800 golf car injuries have occurred annually, but they found that these injuries have increased consistently in the last three years.
The average age of a golf car victim was 11, and 90% of these pain was male. Roughly of the injuries, half of the car was caused by someone who fell out of the car, 36% contained a collision or a car topp. While children were often hurt along the head, face or neck, half of all injuries were superficially accepted.
Especially, other research proposed The rising golf car trend in general is based on the early 2000s.
What should we do
The authors say that their findings emphasize the lack of solid safety features and deficits in standard regulations ”. However, it should mean that there is much to do to reduce these injuries, leaving aside the possibility of conducting a large public campaign to deterd children from golf.
Golf cars can be better designed to handle sharp corners or to be less prone to rolling in general. Policy and MPs can also make laws and regulations to promote better security.
Some places have already begun to do the second. Only this year, South Carolina applied A law that requires children under 12 years of age to wear a seat belt in these vehicles on public roads. Florida in 2023 to start To ask young people to have a driving permission or license (children under 14 years of age can drive without a license).
Researchers also say that people should be more aware of the potential dangers of golf cars.
“Our findings show the increasing awareness and the need to be considered against these injuries between children and show the important role of education on the safe golf car operation, Gan said.
