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Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) remains an important cause of child morbidity and mortality. The condition is also known as non-accidental head injury, inflicted traumatic brain injury, shaken baby syndrome, or traumatic head injury due to child maltreatment. Population-based studies report the incidence of AHT between 17.0 and 24.6 per 100,000 children in the first two years of life.[1,2] Reported risk factors for AHT include child-related variables (age below two years, multiple births, male sex, underlying medical condition) and caregiver-related variables (younger mothers, male caregiver, lower socio-economic status, concomitant substance abuse, mental health disorder, urban areas, and winter months).[1,2]