Child Injury Prevention

This section will help parents prevent common child injuries and accidents that unfortunately always seem to happen from time to time. But if parents are concious about it and follow the safety measurements of prevention, everyone will benefit and be safe.

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Prevent Burns

Babies and toddlers learn about the world through their sense of touch. One of the first things they learn is that some things can be painfully hot. Many items, such as stoves and radiators, are cool at some times and hot at others – which complicates the lesson.
And then there’s fire. It dances and [...]

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Prevent Drowning

Water is fun to play with, but it can also be deadly. Use these tips to protect your children from its hazards. Children are irresistibly attracted to water. It’s sparkly. Things float in it. And it makes a great sound when you smack it.
But water can also be dangerous. More than 1,000 American youngsters [...]

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Prevent Water Scalds

Each year, approximately 3,800 injuries and 34 deaths occur in the home due to scalding from excessively hot tap water. The majority of these accidents involve the elderly and children under the age of five. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges all users to lower their water heaters to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. In [...]

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Prevent Poisoning

YOUNG CHILDREN WILL EAT AND DRINK ALMOST ANYTHING!

Keep all liquids and solids that may be poisonous out of their reach.
Use child-resistant packaging to help prevent poisonings with medicines and household chemicals.

Each year poison control centers report nearly one million children under the age of five are exposed to potentially poisonous medicines and household [...]

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Prevent Window Falls

Every year, thousands of young children are killed or injured in falls from windows. To help prevent these tragedies, take the following actions — especially for windows in bedrooms.
Safeguard your windows with window guards or window stops.

Install window guards to prevent children from falling out of windows. (For windows on the 6th floor and [...]

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Prevent S.I.D.S

In addition to placing healthy infants on their backs to sleep, the AAP suggests the following measures to help reduce the risk of SIDS:

Place your baby on a firm mattress to sleep, never on a pillow, waterbed, sheepskin, or other soft surface. Do not put fluffy blankets, comforters, stuffed toys, or pillows near the [...]

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