Abstract Objective To characterize accidents involving children and adolescents attended by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) – Campo Grande before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This was a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional and quantitative study carried out at the SAMU in the municipality of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. The non-intentional sample consisted of 1,544 accidents involving children and adolescents between March and December 2019 (n=823) and the same period in 2020 (n=721). Data was collected from the […]