@article{ref1,
title="Children bouncing to the emergency department: changes in trampoline injury patterns",
journal="Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health",
year="2019",
author="Chen, Monica and Cundy, Peter and Antoniou, Georgia and Williams, Nicole",
volume="55",
number="2",
pages="175-180",
abstract="AIM: To compare trampoline injuries and injury costs sustained at a commercial trampoline park versus private homes presenting to a major Australian children's hospital over a 12-month period. <br><br>METHODS: Children presenting with a trampoline injury to the paediatric emergency department in 2015 were identified using a keyword search of triage information. A comparison of injuries sustained at a commercial trampoline park and private homes was performed. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 392 children presented with injuries, and the majority of injuries (68.9%) occurred at a private home; 19.4% were from a commercial trampoline park. Significant differences were seen between patients from a private home and commercial park for median age (5.6 vs. 12.8 years; P < 0.001), gender (48.2 vs. 61.8% female; P = 0.03) and season of injury. Of the injuries, 27.3% occurred when children fell off the trampoline, and fractures (39.5%) were the most common injury; 17.4% required hospital admission, and 12.8% required surgical intervention. Commercial park injuries had a significantly longer median length of stay (37.4 vs. 22.8 h; P = 0.03). The estimated total acute cost for these trampoline injuries in 1 year was $546 786. Commercial trampoline park injuries accounted for 21.7% of the estimated cost and private homes for 68.2%. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Paediatric trampoline injuries remain a common source of hospital presentation and admission, despite the introduction of a Voluntary Australian Standard. Paediatric trampoline injuries usually occur in private homes; however, the increasing popularity of commercial trampoline parks contributes to a change in the profile of trampoline injuries. Commercial park injuries were more expensive to treat.<br><br>© 2018 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (The Royal Australasian College of Physicians).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1034-4810",
doi="10.1111/jpc.14144",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14144"
}