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• Doctors: ATVs Too Dangerous For Kids Under Age 16   
  Description: Clearwater Florida Child Injury Attorney James Dodson reports important information concerning the dangers of ATVs. ATVs seriously injure and kill over 40,000 children under age 16 every year. Concerned Families for ATV Safety provides safety recommendations to reduce the number of children injuried and killed in ATV accidents.
• Traumatic Brain | Head Injury in Children   
  Description: Traumatic head injuries can occur in children from a variety of activities including: car accidents, bicycle accidents, falls from windows, playground equipment, trees or other heights, sports injuries, and child abuse. Unfortunately, head injuries are very common with children, accounting for approximately one hundred thousand hospitalizations annually. Safety measures such as child safety restraints in vehicles, the use of safety devices such as helmets for bicycles, scooters, skateboards, horseback riding and some sports such as football and hockey help to reduce the chance of serious head injury among children.
• Safety Information to Know If A Child Is Injured in a Serious Fall   
  Description: Young children frequently suffer minor bumps and bruises from falls as they grow and begin to explore. Sometimes, childhood falls result in serious injury. Florida Child Injury lawyer Jim Dodson provides vital information concerning when parents and caregivers need to seek emergency help for an injury suffered in a fall.
• Developmental Hip Dysplasia and Treatment Explained   
  Description: Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH) is a spectrum of diseases related to the development of the hip in infants and young children. It has also been called "congenital hip disease" and "congenital hip dislocation." The treatment of DDH depends on the age of the diagnosis. Generally, the earlier the diagnosis, the more benign the treatment.
• Are There Safety Devices to Reduce the Risk of Tall Vehicle Backover Accidents?   
  Description: Child Injury and Back-Over Accident Lawyer Jim Dodson provides an article discussing the dangers of tall or high profile vehicles, such as SUVs, trucks and vans and the high incidence of backover accidents in our country. These tragic accidents occur typically in driveways or parking lots and result in fatal injuries to one child a week in the U.S. The article, written by the founder of Kids and Cars, and published by AutoTrader, offers after market safety devices to reduce the risk of backover accidents, as well as, vehicles from the dealer that come already equipped.
• Bicycle and Helmet Safety Tips for Children   
  Description: Florida Bicycle Accident and Child Injury Lawyer Jim Dodson offers bicycle and helmet safety tips for children to prevent injury. Nationwide, 107 young people 15 and under were killed and 12,000 were injured in bicycle accidents in 2007. About one-seventh of all bicycle-accident deaths involve kids ages 5 to 15. Head injury is the leading cause of death in bicycle crashes. The single most effective safety device available to reduce head injury and death from bicycle crashes is a helmet.
• Here are 15 Tips to Keep Kids Safe in Driveways and Prevent Backover Accidents   
  Description: Keep children safe both in and around cars. Learn how you can prevent backover accidents. These tragic accidents occur frequently in family driveways and parking lots. Fifty per cent of children injured are between the ages of 1 and 4; and 55% are males. The 15 Tips are provided by the Kids and Cars Organization and published as an accident prevention public service by Child Injury Lawyer Jim Dodson.
• American Academy of Pediatrics Safety Tips for Children and Parents on Halloween   
  Description: In a press release from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Florida Child Injury Lawyer Jim Dodson shows the safety tips for halloween for trick or treaters. Be sure to read these safety tips before you go out for halloween. Great safety information for Parents for halloween.
• Driving Today Article: An Angel Watching Over Your Kids | Kids Safety While Driving   
  Description: Those who have driving-age children must fervently wish that a guardian angel would keep watch over their children. With over 3,500 teen driving deaths per year in the United States, the issue of keeping your children safe when they are in the car has to be top-of-mind. Inexperience, distraction, drinking and drugs are all teen-related problems that can lead to tragic consequences. In response, parents, government officials, health and safety advocates and insurance companies have focused on finding ways to make the road a safer place for teens.
• Child Burn Injuries: Facts about Burns, Common Burn Injuries and Prevention   
  Description: The Children's Burn Foundation published an article of important information about burn injuries, including: facts, common types of child burn injuries, and important reminders for prevention. It is provided for consumers by the Law Office of James W. Dodson | Clearwater | St. Petersburg | Child Injury Lawyer.
• Child Injury & Fireworks   
  Description: Florida | Clearwater | St. Petersburg | Child Injury Lawyer James W. Dodson discusses the facts and dangers of fireworks.
• Liability of Adult Caretakers for Failure to Place Child in Car Safety Seat   
  Description: Tampa, Florida personal injury attorney, Jim Dodson, with his principal office in Clearwater, Florida, discusses recent Florida District Court of Appeal decision holding caretaker responsible for child's injuries suffered in motor vehicle accident, due to caretaker's failure to use proper safety seat.
• Range of Motion Improves After Massage in Children With Burn Injuries: A Pilot Study   
  Description: In 2003, approximately 83,300 children in the United States (age 14 years and younger) were treated in emergency rooms for injuries related to burns. Many children with burn injuries undergo surgeries and skin grafts directed at restoring function and, following hospitalization, receive short-term physical therapy and wound care. Because treatment options are limited, some burn patients pursue alternative therapies, such as massage.
• A Child's Fireworks Story | The Dangers and Unpredictability of Fireworks   
  Description: A Child's Fireworks Story is an actual account of the burn injuries,trauma,and pain and suffering endured by a young girl from a fireworks display that toppled over when it exploded and hit her. She sustained multiple second and third degree burn injuries to her thigh,arm,leg,stomach,right chest,and flank which required an evaluation at Shriner's Hospital, surgery for removal of burn tissue and skin grating,physical therapy and occupational therapy. These injuries and her story are shared so that parents would be aware, even when children are supervised, of the dangers and unpredictability of fireworks.
• Child Safety Around Firearms | Clearwater | St. Petersburg | Child Safety Lawyer [PDF]   
  Description: An article found by the Child Injury Lawyer James W. Dodson out of Clearwater | St. Petersburg Florida: One child unintentionally shooting another child is the 5th leading cause of unintentional injury death for 0 to 14-year olds. Every day, one child under age 15 is killed in an unintentional shooting incident. Nearly 40% of the children who are unintentionally shot by other children were shot with guns left unloaded and/or unlocked in the homes of friends or relatives.
• Summer Safety Tips for Children | American Academy of Pediatrics   
  Description: The American Academy of Pediatrics report on summer safety tips for children including: pool safety, playground safety, bicycle safety,lawnmower safety, heat stress safety, and scooter, skateboard and in line skating safety.
• Preventing Child Injuries | Safety Guidelines from Bristol -Myers Squibb Children's Hospital   
  Description: Bristol- Myers Squibb Children's Hospital provides safety guidelines for protecting children from unintentional injuries.
• Pediatric Fireworks-Related Injuries in the U.S. | 1990-2003   
  Description: An estimated 85 800 pediatric fireworks-related injuries were treated in US emergency departments during the 14-year study period. Injured children had a mean age of 10.8 years, and 77.9% were male. Fireworks users accounted for 49.5% of the injuries, whereas 22.2% of the injuries were to bystanders.
• Burns and Scalds [PDF]   
  Description: Center for Injury and Research policy: When we think about burn-related injuries, we often think about house fires. But did you know that many burns, especially those to children, do not involve fire at all? Burns can also be caused by contact with hot liquids or steam (these are called scalds), or by contact with hot objects, electricity or chemicals. On average, 92,000 children younger than 15 years of age are treated in hospital emergency departments for burn-related injuries each year.
• Children Playing With Fire [PDF]   
  Description: Every year, children playing with fire cause hundreds of deaths and injuries. Therefore, it is important to teach children that fire is very dangerous, and matches and lighters are not toys.
• Fire Safety for Children [PDF]   
  Description: When a house fire starts, children can become very afraid and confused. They may not understand what is happening or how they should react. With as little as two minutes to escape unharmed, there is not enough time to plan a safe escape route when the alarm sounds. Therefore, it is important for parents to maintain working smoke alarms in the home, teach children what to do in case of a fire, and regularly practice a home fire escape plan.
• Firework Safety for Children [PDF]   
  Description: Every year, Americans enjoy the 4th of July by setting off firecrackers, bottle rockets, and sparklers. However, the celebration often turns into tragedy with the improper use of fireworks. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, nearly 10,000 firework-related injuries were treated in emergency departments in 2007. The high number indicates more needs to be done to prevent firework-related injuries.
• Sparky the Fire Dog Fire Safety Fun Activities for Children   
  Description: The National Fire Protection Association provides fun family activities using "Sparky" the fire dog to teach children about home fire safety.
• Poison Prevention [PDF]   
  Description: Every year in the United States, there are over 2.4 million poison exposures. A poison is something that can make you sick if you eat, drink, touch, or breathe it. Poisons can be found everywhere in the home, and even seemingly harmless items can become dangerous if swallowed. Poisonings happen every day. More than half of all exposures to poison occur in children younger than 6 years of age. Therefore, it is important for parents to recognize poisons, keep them locked up, and know what to do if a child does come in contact with a poison. Poison prevention and immediate treatment are key in keeping your child safe.
• List of Child Safety Seat Inspection Stations in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties   
  Description: Clearwater | St. Petersburg Child Injury Lawyer James Dodson published a list of Florida Child Safety Seat Inspection Stations in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, as a public service for parents.
• Know the Signs and Symptoms of a Concussion , An injury Suffered in High School Sports   
  Description: Lists of the signs and symptoms of a concussion in high school sports. Valuable information for coaches, athletes and parents and published by the CDC, and offered as a public service by Personal Injury Lawyer James Dodson.
• National Child Identification Program   
  Description: National Child Identification Program is a community service initiative dedicated to changing the astronomically high number of children who are missing each year. The I.D. kit allows parents to collect specific information by easily recording the physical characteristics and fingerprints of their children on identification cards that are then kept at home by parents or guardians.
• Scooter Safety Information [PDF]   
  Description: Article: The Brain Injury Association of America publishes information on what you need to know about Scooter Safety.
• The Dangers of Blind Zones   
  Description: Every year children are injured or killed because drivers don't see them while backing up. A non-profit group, Kids and Cars, works to improve child safety when around cars.
• Air Bag Safety and Your Children   
  Description: The American Academy of Pediatrics helps keep you and your children safe by publishing information about air bags and car/booster seat restraints. Air bags can save your life, however, "air bags and your child do not mix." Read more to learn about placement of your young children and their car seats in your vehicle.
• A Scooter Safety video   
  Description: Florida Highway Patrol published a video for parents concerning safe scooter practices for children and minors.
• Parent's guide to Buying and using Booster Seats by the NHTSA   
  Description: The National Highway Traffic Safety Association offers information on why and when to use a booster seat, as well as, types of booster seats and safety tips for using them with young children. An English and Spanish version are available and downloadable.
• Is a Pre-Injury Release of a Child Signed by a Parent in Florida Right?   
  Description: Clearwater Personal Injury Lawyer James W. Dodson discusses the validity of a release signed by a parent for a minor child to participate in an activity requiring an admission fee in Florida.
• Dog Bite Injuries Suffered by Children   
  Description: Recovery for the physical and emotional injuries suffered by children from dog bites. Clearwater accident lawyer discusses Florida's strict liability law holding owners liable for dog bite injuries.

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