Paediatric emergency department-based carbon monoxide detector intervention: a randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although non-fire-related carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is almost entirely preventable, over 400 people die and 20 000 people are injured each year in the USA from unintentional CO poisoning. Thus, there is a critical need for evidence-based interventions for preventing CO poisoning and increasing the proper use and installation of CO detectors.

Methods

A randomised, controlled trial (Project CODE, a Carbon Monoxide Detector Education intervention) with 2-week and 6-month follow-up home observations was conducted in 299 parents of children aged ≤18 years recruited in the emergency department of a level 1 paediatric trauma centre. The intervention group received an educational tool, a spiral-bound, laminated booklet that resembled a CO detector containing theory-b

SUBMITTER: McKenzie LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5644346 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature