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Abstracts for Paediatric Trauma, Free Paper Session
Abstracts for Paediatric Trauma, Free Paper Session, Thursday 17 September 17.15–18.15, Read Lecture Theatre
Child protection issues in infant head injuries
  1. R. Preece
  1. Cheltenham General Hospital

    https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.082099f

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      Objectives

      To assess how frequently and adequately information relating to child protection considerations is documented and considered by doctors assessing infants aged <1 year with head injuries in a paediatric emergency department (ED), and to determine the effect of introducing a reminder “tick box” into the notes, coupled with a contemporaneous improved education programme of child protection awareness.

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