{"id":1764,"date":"2013-08-12T03:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:06:30","slug":"ohio-child-injury-news-a-child-athlete-hurt-every-25-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/ohio-child-injury-news-a-child-athlete-hurt-every-25-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Child Sports Injuries: A Child Athlete Hurt Every 25 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study published by Safe Kids Worldwide<\/a> finds that child who play sports are injured a surprising high rate. In fact, about 1.35 million children are severely injured and taken to emergency rooms each year. Safe Kids Worldwide CEO and President Kate Carr said in a statement, \u201cWe uncovered some surprising and disturbing data about how often our kids are being injured playing sports.\u201d Especially since data shows that a child is injured about every 25 seconds.<\/p>\n

Sports Related Child Injury Statistics<\/p>\n

Researchers also found that about 451,000 strains and sprains are treated at emergency rooms each year, followed by 249,500 fractures, 210,000 contusions, and 163,670 internal organ injuries like concussions. The report said that the concussion data was especially disconcerting, as it means that one child suffers a concussion about every three minutes. Also \u2018disturbing\u2019 is the fact that about half of those concussions were in children between the ages of 12 and 15, ages when \u201cserious and potentially fatal diffuse brain swelling is more common\u201d with a traumatic brain injury is sustained. Regarding concussions, football had the highest rates, then wrestling, cheerleading, and ice hockey.<\/p>\n

Ohio Child Injury and Concussion Prevention Program<\/p>\n

From 2002 to 2009, 31,484 sports related traumatic brain injuries were suffered by children under the age of 18 and treated in emergency departments across Ohio. According to a study published by the Ohio Department of Health entitled \u201cSports\/Recreation-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Ohio\u2019s 18 and Younger Population<\/a>\u201d a significant increase in the number of Ohio child brain injuries were seen over the course of the study, with 2,859 children seen in state ERs in 2002 increasing to 6,040 in 2009.<\/p>\n

Lenox Hospital Director of Sports Medicine and Traumatic Brain Injury Dr. Robert Glatter told CBS News that the Safe Kids Worldwide report \u201cshould serve as a wake-up call and continual reminder for all parents, coaches and medical personnel about the risk of sports-related concussions \u2013 especially in younger athletes before they enter high school.\u201d Glatter said that the report shows how badly the youth sporting industry needs to focus on injury prevention. \u201cThe most effective protection for our children is having a solid team of parents, coaches and medical professionals united to keep our children safe and educated to ensure their longevity in the sports they enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

About The Cochran Firm \u2013 Ohio<\/p>\n

The Cochran Firm \u2013 Ohio is an experienced full service, personal injury law firm with offices in Cincinnati and Dayton and handles personal injury cases throughout all of Ohio. Founded over 40 years ago by famed attorney, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., The Cochran Firm \u2013 Ohio, has established itself as one of the premier personal injury law firms in the United States and has been recognized for delivering successful results to their clients across a broad range of claims stemming from car \/ auto accidents, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, premises liability, and product liability lawsuits. For over 40 years, The Cochran Firm \u2013 Ohio\u2019s team of experienced lawyers continually fight for justice for all its clients. If you\u2019ve been injured call Ohio\u2019s experienced full service law firm \u201cThe Cochran Firm \u2013 Ohio\u201d today at 513-381-HURT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study published by Safe Kids Worldwide finds that child who play sports are injured a surprising high rate. In fact, about 1.35 million children are severely injured and taken to emergency rooms each year. Safe Kids Worldwide CEO and President Kate Carr said in a statement, \u201cWe uncovered some surprising and disturbing data […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Child Athlete Injury News | The Cochran Firm Cincinnati","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}