Welcome NEISS Coordinators Our NEISS Partners CDC through

Welcome NEISS Coordinators

Our NEISS Partners CDC, through NCIPC and NIOSH, has been a long-term partner with CPSC and the NEISS system.

Benefiting the American Public • Partnership among NEISS hospitals, CPSC, and other government agencies is win/win for everyone. • Data provided through NEISS is shared with researchers. • Most importantly, the American public benefits from the results produced by the data YOU provide.

NEISS Work • The NEISS now captures more than 700, 000 cases a year on all types of injuries seen in emergency rooms across the country.

Baby Walkers • Baby walker injuries to children under 15 months have dropped 83% between 1995 and 2003. • Falling down stairs accounts for majority of baby walker-related injuries. • Newly redesigned, safer baby walkers have special features that stop the walker at the top step.

Poison Prevention Packaging Act • Requires special child-resistant packaging for certain household substances. • Poisoning deaths to children under 5 years have declined substantially since PPPA went into effect in 1974. • Before 1974, an average of 200 children under age 5 died each year from poisonings. • Since the PPPA was enacted, poisoning deaths have declined to an average of under 30 deaths annually.

Motorized Scooters • 2 -wheeled with either electric motor and a battery, or a small gasoline engine, and speeds up to 29 mph. • Many injuries to children under 15 years. • Most common injuries are fractures. • In 2003, an estimated 8, 000 ER-treated injuries.

Trampolines • Since 1991, trampolinerelated injuries have almost tripled. • In 1991, 37, 500 injuries treated in ERs; in 2003, over 98, 400 injuries treated in ERs. • Over 80% of those injured on trampolines are children under 15 years.

NEISS Hospital Coordinators • You are our main source of information on how people are being injured. • Your hospitals are the eyes and ears in communities around the country.

Thank You! We cannot do our jobs without YOU!