Although unintentional injuries are major causes of
morbidity and mortality in less developed countries [1–
4], they have received scant attention [5, 6], and injury
prevention policies and programs have just begun to be
addressed systemically [7]. In Pakistan, 22% of emergency
room visits are injury-related [8], and a recent case series
revealed that a large number of injuries to Pakistani
children occur at home [9]. There is agreement that
effective prevention programs should incorporate the three
Es: (1) education, to influence behavior or raise awareness
of injury risk, e.g., teach parents about childhood injuries;
(2) engineering, to design devices in order to reduce their