At an elevation of 5,506 feet (1,678 meters) above sea level, Beech Mountain is the highest incorporated community east of the Mississippi River. Boone, the county's largest city and county seat, has the highest elevation (3,333 feet) of any city over 10,000 population in the Eastern United States.
battered child syndrome. Battered child syndrome refers to injuries sustained by a child as a result of physical abuse, usually inflicted by an adult caregiver. Alternative terms include: shaken baby; shaken baby syndrome; child abuse; and non-accidental trauma (NAT).
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a form of child abuse that occurs when an infant is violently shaken by a much larger person. It is the most devastating form of child abuse as 30 percent of all infants who are shaken die and upwards of 80 percent who survive suffer permanent life-long brain abnormalities.ould you believe that the number one reason a child is shaken is because a parent or caregiver becomes so frustrated with a baby's crying that they lose control and just shake them. Believe it! Research has shown that frustration with a childâs crying is the number one reason a person shakes a baby.