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Beware of the bicycle! An increase in paediatric bicycle related injuries during the COVID ‐19 period in Western Australia
Author(s) -
van Oudtshoorn Sarah,
Chiu Kei Y. C.,
Khosa Japinder
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.16918
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , injury prevention , covid-19 , poison control , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , medical emergency , referral , emergency medicine , population , human factors and ergonomics , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , family medicine , environmental health , psychiatry , surgery , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The coronavirus restrictions in 2020 have seen an increase in bicycle use, and an influx of traffic on cycle paths in Western Australia. Paediatric bicycle related emergency department presentations in Perth, Western Australia, increased by over 40% during March to June 2020 compared to 2019 rates. During the same time, paediatric admissions from the emergency department decreased by 24.3%, but admissions for injuries related to bicycle use increased by nearly 50%.