Abstract
Emergency Departments (EDs) are important sites for injury surveillance but the quality of data collected has not been evaluated. This prospective cohort study assessed the ability of various respondents to provide circumstantial information following paediatric bicyclist trauma. A semistructured survey tool was administered in the ED of a Level One Paediatric Trauma centre for 448 child bicyclists. The injured child provided more complete information when compared to witnesses and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel. No one respondent type provided the complete history. To obtain thorough injury circumstantial information, multiple respondents should be interviewed utilising a semistructured questionnaire. (A)