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Kids can get themselves into a lot of sticky situations

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. But experts say some of their activities are inherently

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more dangerous than others. Dr Dan Park tells huff

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post. There are many obvious culprits of childhood injuries

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, namely things that involve high places or high speeds

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, park points to things like the monkey bars and

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trampolines as the biggest threats, explaining quote, being

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thrown very high into the air at very high speeds

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and often at a angles can lead to musculoskeletal injuries

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like fractures to the elbows and legs with Dr Christopher

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Kelly adding that a common injury with regards to monkey

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bars are super condi fractures to the elbow which need

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surgery and orthopedic pinning. However, a less obvious

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cause of injury is hot surfaces, burns related to

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the sun, heating, metal surfaces that are meant

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to be played on can be serious, especially if

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Children are bare. So what's the most dangerous thing

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for kids? Well, anything that involves pools according

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to the CDC, backyard, swimming pools, even

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shallow ones can be killers. They say pools are

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the leading cause of death in kids aged 1 to

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4. And the second for those aged 5 to

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14 with the CDC reporting, on average 4012 drownings

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have occurred each year from 2011 to 2020.