Rising Trend in Paediatric Trampolinerelated Injuries'

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Rising Trend in Paediatric Trampoline-related
Injuries.

• Jensen C, Sandhu S, Jarman R
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK

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Aims

• Guidelines published by Royal Society for
  Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
• Gather accurate local data of trampolining
  injuries in children
• Analyse trends
• Identify high risk groups and injury patterns
• Compare with last year

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Methodology

• Study period
• Same 5 week period in 2004 and 2005
• Population
• All children presenting to an urban district
  general hospital Emergency Room
• Data collection
• All trampoline-related injuries in this population

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Results - Totals
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Results Age/Sex
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Results Details
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Results Details
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Discussion

• Statistically significant 5 fold increase in
  trampoline related injuries in 2005 compared to
  2004
• Many injuries may have been avoided if patients
  followed safety advice of RoSPA
• No children under the age of 6 allowed
• Discourage difficult jumps without qualified
  trampoline coach present
• No more than one child on trampoline at a time

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Discussion

• No difference in daily sunlight times in the two
  time periods (p0.042) so fair to compare figures
• Limbs most frequently injured
• Small numbers in 2004 limited further conclusions
  being statistically significant
• Dependant on trampoline injury being documented
  on the AE notes

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Summary

• Statistically significant 5 fold increase in
  trampoline related injuries
• Need for the public to heed the advice of RoSPA
• More detailed prospective analysis of trampoline
  related injuries in the UK needed (with larger
  numbers)