Nguyen B H, MacKay M, Bailey B, Klassen T P
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Inj Prev. 2004 Apr;10(2):122-4. doi: 10.1136/ip.2003.004911.
Among burn injuries, electrical injuries constitute a small but devastating fraction. To describe the epidemiology of electrical injuries in Canadian children, data on deaths and emergency department visits related to electrical injuries, including lightning strikes, were obtained from provincial coroners' offices and the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) respectively, for the years 1991-96. Twenty one deaths and 606 emergency visits highlight that electrical related deaths, more frequent among school age children, are more likely the result of high voltage and lightning strike, while emergency department visits, more frequent among younger children, are more likely the result of low voltage. While the introduction of legislated standards for child safe outlets and educational programs for parents, children, and youth are recommended strategies toward reducing the frequency of these incidents, these strategies require further evaluation before their effectiveness can be estimated.
在烧伤中，电击伤占比虽小但极具破坏性。为描述加拿大儿童电击伤的流行病学情况，分别从省级验尸官办公室和加拿大医院伤害报告与预防项目（CHIRPP）获取了1991 - 1996年期间与电击伤（包括雷击）相关的死亡数据和急诊就诊数据。21例死亡和606次急诊就诊表明，与电相关的死亡在学龄儿童中更为常见，更可能是高压和雷击所致，而急诊就诊在幼儿中更为频繁，更可能是低电压所致。虽然建议采用立法规定儿童安全插座标准以及为家长、儿童和青少年开展教育项目等策略来减少这些事件的发生频率，但在评估其有效性之前，这些策略还需要进一步评估。
