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Okay, you ready? I'm ready. So, it's really hot.

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We talked about that last time. So hot. DC is

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a swamp. And last summer, we spent our summer

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talking about the Supreme Court. I learned so

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much last summer about the Supreme Court. So

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much. This summer, however, we're going to shift

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from my area of expertise, which is forensic

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psychiatry, medicine, and the law. to Alicia's

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area of expertise, pediatric emergency medicine.

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So instead of covering constitutional crises,

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this summer, we're going to cover trampoline

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crises, which as a pediatrician feels on brandt.

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So welcome back to the rolling forward podcast.

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I'm Dr. Stephanie Rolin. And I'm Dr. Alicia Rolin.

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I'm a forensic psychiatrist. And I'm a pediatric

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emergency physician. We're sisters, physicians,

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researchers, and podcasters. And this summer,

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we're launching a special series called Summer

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School, Lessons from the Pediatric Emergency

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Room. This sounds a lot less fun than regular

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summer vacation. But hopefully a little more

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useful. Before we dive in. I want to be clear

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that as a kid, summer was my absolute favorite.

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Me too. It's camps, it's swimming pools, it's

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popsicles. It's bike riding until your mom screams

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that it's time to come home. This is a very 1990s

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answer, but I love it. You can tell when I was

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born. I actually do know that. But that's also

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why we're doing this series because summer is

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wonderful. But it's also the time of year when

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kids spend more time outside, more time being

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active, and more time. testing the laws of physics.

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And because kids are spending more time swimming,

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biking, playing sports, riding scooters, jumping

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on trampolines, and generally just being kids,

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every summer, emergency departments see predictable

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increases in many of the injuries that we're

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going to talk about in our summer school. And

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here's why that matters. Between May and August,

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nearly half of all children's injury -related

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emergency department visits occur. Nearly half?

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That feels like so many. This is the danger zone.

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Summer is wonderful, but it's also what many

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pediatricians call trauma season. The good news

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for parents out there who might be worried, like

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I am, is that many of these risks are predictable

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and many of the most serious injuries are preventable.

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In fact, some estimates suggest that more than

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90 % of childhood injuries can be prevented with

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really simple precautions. Which is really encouraging.

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So in our summer school, the plan is that every

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week we are going to tackle a different summer

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safety topic. Not because we want to scare anyone,

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but because every summer I see these same preventable

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injuries and illnesses over and over again. And

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this matter is because unintentional injuries

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are the leading cause of death among children

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and adolescents in the United States. Really?

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Really. Not cancer, not infections, injuries.

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Things like drownings, car accidents. Firearm

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injuries, suffocation, poisonings, falls. Which

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is probably not what most parents would guess.

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It's not. But like we said, the good news is

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that many of these injuries are preventable.

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Which is why we're doing this series. Isn't it

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great? We're going to tell you the risks, but

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we're also going to give you some tips on how

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to prevent that. And before we get into the meat

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of this season, I think it's important for us

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to acknowledge something. Some of these topics

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are going to be heavier than others. Definitely.

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We're going to talk about drowning. We'll talk

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about firearms. We'll talk about serious injuries

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and things that keep me up at night as a pediatrician.

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And if a particular topic feels too close to

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home for you, it's completely okay to skip that

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episode. Absolutely. Our goal is to give families

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information they can use because most of these

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injuries are preventable. So take what is helpful,

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skip what isn't, and we'll see you for the next

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lesson. All right. So it sounds like this summer

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school will be a refreshing take on injuries

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in order to help families stay informed and enjoy

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summer while avoiding a trip to the emergency

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department. That's the plan. We're not going

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to spend our time talking about rare zebras,

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things that you'll never encounter. We're going

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to talk about things that I actually see and

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the lessons families can take away from them.

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I'm ready to sign up for a summer school that's

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going to offer practical advice and not fear.

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Our goal is not to tell you as parents to keep

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your kids inside all summer long. Which would

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be terrible. Terrible would be terrible. For

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you and for them. For all of us. Our goal is

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to help you break down which risks matters, which

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risks don't, and what simple steps can make a

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really meaningful difference. So join us this

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summer for summer schools. Lesson from the pediatric

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ER. Because summer should create beautiful family

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memories and not of the emergency department

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waiting room. Get your books, get your pencils,

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and we'll see you in class. ATVs, scooters, sunshine

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and splashes A scraped knee, a swallowed beat,

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a tumble that happens fast We're here with the

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stories, the science And a few preventable disasters

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Rolling forward! Doctors, sisters, science facts

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Summer school Lessons from the pediatric ER A

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few preventable disasters Can tear a day apart