Playgrounds and play spaces
Safety features and hazards to look out for in playgrounds, safety concerns about trampolines and benefits of unstructured outdoor play and risky play.
Built playgrounds
What to look out for in community and backyard playgrounds.
Falls in children
Most fall-related injuries to children under five happen in the home. Here’s how to keep your kids safe from falls in the home.
Concussion information for parents and caregivers of young children
The causes of concussion are different for young children (under 6 years of age) than for older children and adults. Young children also communicate their symptoms differently. Concussions can happen at any age As children grow older, the main causes of concussion change Falls are the most common cause of concussions in young children under […]
Play parks and water features
How to help prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring on splash pads, wading pools, ponds, fountains and other water features.
ICD-10 Code Classifications
These International Classification of Disease (ICD) Codes are used to document injury causes. Unintentional injuries Transport incidents: V01-V09, V10-V19, V20-V29, V30-V39, V40-V79, V80-V85, V86, V87-V89, V91, V93-V99 Falls W00-W19 Drowning V90, V92, W65-W74 Fire/burns X00-X19 Unintentional poisoning X40-X49 Struck by/against sports equipment W21 Other unintentional injuries W20, W22-W64, W75-W99, X20-X39, X50, X58, X59 Inflicted injuries […]
Canada Shines a Light on First Annual National Injury Prevention Day
Parachute introduces its first-ever National Injury Prevention Day to shine a light on preventable injury.
Sally Lockhart
Sally Lockhart is currently in the process of retiring from chairing a local not-for-profit cooperative community board that has built an affordable residence for seniors needing more care than they can get at home. Before becoming an injury prevention consultant in 1999, she worked in child injury prevention with Health Canada (7 years) and before that, […]