{"id":51003,"date":"2021-10-24T21:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T01:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=51003"},"modified":"2021-10-24T21:11:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T01:11:18","slug":"what-are-the-most-common-halloween-injuries-seen-in-the-emergency-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/10\/what-are-the-most-common-halloween-injuries-seen-in-the-emergency-room\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the most common Halloween injuries seen in the emergency room?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The countdown to Halloween is on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3-500x263-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3-500x263-1.png 500w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3-500x263-1-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common injury on Halloween is a risk for both children and adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the most common injury on Halloween night is kids getting hit by cars, unfortunately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents need to make sure that the kids are in reflective clothing a lot of times the costumes are dark and it&#8217;s hard to see them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kids-Halloween-Blog-1024x538-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kids-Halloween-Blog-1024x538-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kids-Halloween-Blog-1024x538-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kids-Halloween-Blog-1024x538-1-768x404.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second most common injury on Halloween? It&#8217;s falling from running and\/or uneven sidewalks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falls are actually one of the top injuries that we see in our trauma centers and people don\u2019t realize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also honestly fireworks are still big during Halloween<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDC also gives safety recommendations for Halloween night when it comes to COVID-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDC has advised that trick-or-treaters can return going door-to-door but they do recommend it&#8217;s outside and to avoid crowds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown to Halloween is on! The most common injury on Halloween is a risk for both children and adults. So the most common injury on Halloween night is kids&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":51004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[802],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51006,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51003\/revisions\/51006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}