NEAR-HANGING CAUSED BY A TOY NECKLACE

Hanging injuries and fatalities are rare among children and are usuall y unintentional. In this report we describe a 23-month-old girl who al most died when she accidentally hanged herself with a popular toy neck lace, and we discuss recent epidemiological trends in accidental stran gulations among children. This case emphasizes the need for increased awareness among consumers, health care providers, and product manufact urers about the dangers of toys such as the one described here.