A. Young children especially less than 3-4 years of age have a large head making them top heavy and more toppelable. So while leaning forward from height , they have the maximum risk of toppling and falling. The head will hit the ground first. Any fall from height in a child – serious head injury is a given.
A. Children have a very narrow peripheral vision. They have a very poor judgement of space, speed and surface balance. They don’t know when to stop. So its very common to see children between 1-4 years falling while running and keep bumping into things and into each other.
A. We need to keep all furniture away from balcony, tables and platforms. All door and window grills need to be vertical. And we need to keep all table drawers and kitchen drawers closed to minimise the avenues for children to seek climbing as an activity.
A. The bony cage called ribs covering the chest and the pelvic bones are not well developed in children exposing the solid organs inside the abdomen and the urogenital tract. Impact blunt injuries which can therefore be very serious.