title: Who can give a pediatric trauma history for children injured in bicycle crashes?
abstract: Emergency Departments are important sites for injury surveillance but the quality of data collected has not been evaluated. This prospective cohort study assessed the ability of various respondents to provide circumstantial information following pediatric bicyclist trauma. A semi-structured survey tool was administered in the Emergency Department of a Level One Pediatric Trauma Center for 448 child bicyclists. The injured child provided more complete information when compared to witnesses and Emergency Medical Services personnel. No one respondent type provided the complete history. To obtain thorough injury circumstantial information, multiple respondents should be interviewed utilizing a semi-structured questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: TraumaLink, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Winston
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Posner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alpern
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vivarelli
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cnaan
mesh_terms: D015998:Abbreviated Injury Scale; D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015982:Bias; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015143:Philadelphia; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014193:Trauma Centers