Dropped Baby On Hard Floor

Broken limbs retinal hemorrhages skull fractures brain damage or swelling and internal bleeding are among the most severe risks associated with a serious fall.

Dropped baby on hard floor.

If your baby falls or is dropped do you need to take them to the er. Here are signs to look for. Lubbock man hit or dropped baby so hard she has little hope for a normal life arrest warrant said local news. If for example you assume that a changing table is roughly 3 5 feet and a young baby is 1 5 feet tall then falling from a changing table is the rough equivalent of an adult falling from a 10 foot high surface.

Your baby could also land on items like clothing soft bedding or plastic bags. The real danger occurs when a baby falls on to a hard surface from a height of 3 to 5 feet or more. If they have a head injury or broken bone or are having a seizure the answer is definitely yes. The baby could develop a brain bleed but that could only really happen if the baby dropped head first directly from your arms onto a hard floor with absolutely no break.

The worst that can happen. Whether or not a baby is injured by a fall has a lot to do with how hard that fall was and what they landed on woodward said.