Category: Newborn and Infant Health
By Carol Ann Campbell August 13, 2009 NEWARK, N.J. – Fourteen-year-old Prince Jackson made a fist and banged his hand on his head, again and again. “It was like this,” he said, trying to describe the blinding pain from the tumor growing inside his head. “It hurt so much. It wouldn’t stop.” Jackson could not [...]
Seattle Children’s has produced a video on how to safely buckle your baby into an infant car seat. To learn more: Visit Seattle Children’s Child Health & Safety information page for more information Visit American Academy of Pediatrics Car Seat Safety page. Visit SeatCheck.Org, a Web site that lists places where you can have your [...]
Seattle’s record heat wave has contributed to the death of a Seattle man, King County officials said Thursday. The man, in his 60s, had a heart condition that may have made him more vulnerable to the effects this week’s high temperatures in the Seattle area, officials said.
Kolcraft Enterprises is recalling 1 million of its “Play Yards” products because they pose a fall hazard to children, according to an U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission alert. “The play yard’s side rail can fail to latch properly and when a child pushes against the rail it can unlatch unexpectedly, posing a fall hazard to [...]
Acqua-Leisure Industries of Avon, Massachusetts is voluntarily recalling certain models of its inflatable baby floats due to concerns about a possible drowning hazard. (Not all models have been recalled. Information about which models are involved can be found through the links at the end of this posting.) Leg straps in the recalled models seats can [...]
The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bremerton and the East Puget Sound area. A heat advisory indicates that there is an increased risk of heat-related illnesses due to a combination of high temperatures and humidity. The Service advises area residents to stay out of the sun and [...]
Stillbirth and prematurity are responsible for more deaths of children under age 5 than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
Many parents, concerned about influenza A/H1N1 (swine flu), are bring children with mild or even no symptoms to the emergency room at Seattle Children’s, more than doubling the number of patients the staff usually sees at this time of year. Most of these visits are unnecessary, hospital officials say, and are overburdening the emergency room’s [...]
Seattle Children’s has produced a video and a tip sheet for parents about swine flu. The video features Dr. Danielle Zerr, medical director, Infection Control, Seattle Children’s Hospital. Additional information is available on Seattle Children’s swine flu information page. Message from Seattle Children’s: There are suspected cases of swine flu in the state of Washington. As [...]
Healthcare providers should make it clear to patients and parents that male circumcision substantially reduces a man’s risk of contracting AIDS, genital herpes and the virus that causes genital warts and cervical cancer, two University of Washington researchers write in today’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. In recent years, the value of [...]
Fisher-Price is recalling its “3-in-1 High Chairs” after learning the seat can fall backwards from the chair frame if the seat release is unlatched while a child is in the chair. Fisher-Price has received a report of a child falling out of a chair and suffering a skull fracture after the seat back detached. The [...]
One in three babies born in Washington state in 2007 were born to unwed mothers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Washington state’s proportion of unwed births, 33.2 percent, was less than the national average, 39.7 percent, which was a historic high for the country.
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
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Don’t bet on it.
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