title: Improving parental first-aid practices.
abstract: Every day, children present to emergency departments (EDs) with injuries sustained at home, school and elsewhere. In the authors' experience, little, if any, first-aid measures or administration of pain relief are initiated before arrival at the ED. Articles on accident prevention are easily sourced, but studies of the general population's knowledge of first-aid skills are scarce. This article examines the research on parents' or guardians' pre-hospital knowledge of first aid, analgesia and non-pharmacological methods of pain relief for children who have been injured. It also discusses the literature on accident prevention.
authors.affiliation: Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin. ruth.howard@olchc.ie
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Houghton
mesh_terms: D005392:First Aid; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D016487:Parenting; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*