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Ceiling fan injuries: the Townsville experience
Author(s) -
Potts Joanne R
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127679.x
Subject(s) - ceiling (cloud) , medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , surgery , engineering , structural engineering
From 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1997, 50 people presented to Townsville General Hospital with injuries caused by ceiling fans. Injuries ranged from grazes to compound skull fractures and seven patients required admission to hospital for ongoing treatment. Most of these injuries could have been avoided. Current safety guidelines for the use of ceiling fans are inadequate.