Okanogan County SAFE KIDS

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WELCOME!
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Overview
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• Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of
  organizations whose mission is to prevent
  unintentional childhood injury, a leading killer
  of children 14 and under.
• More than 450 coalitions in 16 countries bring
  together health and safety experts and educators
  to protect families.

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Member Countries
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Austria
Canada
Japan

• Australia

Germany
Brazil
China
Israel
Korea
Philippines
Uganda
United States
New Zealand
South Africa
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
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Grassroots Strength More than 600 SAFE KIDS
coalitions and chapters in all 50 States, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
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• Washington State Coalitions
• One State Coalition, 11 National Coalitions, 4
  State Chapters

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Injury Types
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• There are also two types of injury.
• Unintentional resulting from an accident
• Intentional resulting from assault, abuse, or
  suicide

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Injury Mechanisms
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• Injuries are caused by two different mechanisms.
• Exposure to energy either through a direct
  energy source, like heat or electricity, or
  through the energy created by a crash or a fall
• Absence of essentials for life such as heat or
  oxygen, as in the case of drowning

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Preventing Unintentional Childhood Injury
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• In the US, unintentional injury is the number one
  cause of death among children ages 14 and under.
• More children die from unintentional injury than
  from cancer, heart disease, and birth defects.
• 1 out of every 5 US children will need medical
  attention for an unintentional injury this year.

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Source CDC/NCHS/NVSS, 1998
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More than 60 of unintentional injury deaths
result from motor vehicle injuries, drowning and
pedestrian injuries.
Source CDC/NCHS/NVSS, 1998
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Leading Causes of Unintentional Injuries
Resulting in HOSPITAL VISITS by Children 14 and
under
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• Falls
• Struck by and against
• Overexertion
• Injuries where a child is cut or pierced
• Bites or stings

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Safe Kids Risk Areas
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• Motor vehicle occupant injury
• Drowning, including near-drowning
• Pedestrian injury
• Airway obstruction injury (suffocation,
  strangulation and choking)
• Fires and burns
• Bicycle-related injuries
• Unintentional firearm injuries
• Falls
• Poisoning
• Sports and recreation-related injury

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Why Are Children Injured
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• Their bodies are smaller and more fragile
• Their state of cognitive development
• Their motor coordination and reflexes
• Their limited life experience

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Which Children are at Risk?
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• Males, who are injured more often than females
• Native American and African-American children,
  who generally have the highest death rates from
  unintentional injury (Asian-Americans have the
  lowest)
• Children from economically disadvantaged families

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Age as a Factor
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• Under age 1 airway obstruction is the leading
  cause of unintentional injury-related death
• 1 4 drowning
• 5 14 motor vehicle occupant injuries

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Factors that influence injury occurrence
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• Host the characteristics of the person who is
  injured (e.g. the child)
• Agent the means by which the injury takes place
  (e.g. the plastic bag that denies oxygen to the
  child)
• Environment the setting within which the injury
  occurs (e.g. the presence of an open and unbarred
  window through which a child can fall)

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Injury Control
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• Prevention
• Acute Care
• Rehabilitation

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Prevention
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• This problem does have a solution, it is
  PREVENTION.
• Injuries are NOT random. They occur in
  predictable patterns, many of which are based on
  the childs age, sex, the time of day, and season
  of year.

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Make it a Safe Kids summer!
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• Summer is the most dangerous time of year for
  kids.
• Children will be rushed to emergency rooms nearly
  3 million times this summer. Dont let your
  child be one of them!
• Trauma Season May to Aug

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Summer Focuses
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• Ride Safe
• Swim Safe
• Wheel Safe
• Walk Safe
• Play Safe

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Ride Safe
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• I make sure that all my kids have their own child
  safety seat or safety belt thats appropriate for
  their age and size, and that they sit in a back
  seat.
• I study both my vehicle owner and car seat
  manuals carefully.

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Swim Safe
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• I always supervise young children near water,
  including pools, spas, toilets, bathtubs and
  buckets.
• We wear personal floatation devices when out on
  boats, near open bodies of water or participating
  in water sports.

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Water Safety Checklist
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• Never leave children alone near water
• Tell children never to run, push, or jump on
  others around water
• Learn infant and child CPR
• Children should always wear US Coast Guard
  approved life jackets
• Inflatable inner tubes and water wings are not
  safety devices

• Keep toilet lids down
• Keep doors to bathrooms and laundry rooms closed
• Children in baby bath seats and rings must be
  within arms reach every second
• Teach children to swim after age 4
• Make sure children swim within designated
  swimming areas of rivers, lakes, and oceans

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Wheel Safe
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• My kids wear properly fitting helmets and other
  protective gear every time they ride their bikes,
  scooters, in-line skates or skateboards.
• My children know the rules of the road and obey
  all traffic laws.

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Walk Safe
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• I never let children under age 10 cross the
  street alone.
• My kids wear reflective materials and carry a
  flashlight when its dark, at dawn and at dusk.

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Play Safe
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• I supervise my children at playgrounds and make
  sure there is a safe surface such as mulch,
  gravel, rubber or fine sand.
• My kids always wear the right, properly fitted
  protective gear when they practice and play team
  sports.

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The Solution A Comprehensive Approach to Injury
Prevention

• EducationWe increase knowledge and change
  behavior with consumer communications, media
  campaigns, retail promotions and community-based
  activities.
• EmpowermentWe empower parents and communities
  to take responsibility for their childrens
  safety by fueling a national
• grassroots network.
• EnvironmentWe increase the quality of
  childrens lives by enhancing design,
  development and distribution of safety products,
  and by improving the environment where children
  live and play.
• EnactmentWe work to pass, strengthen and
  enforce laws, and encourage the development of
  voluntary safety standards and guidelines to
  protect children.
• EvaluationWe determine the most effective
  behavior-changing strategies and programs
  through research, data collection and
  surveillance.

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Making a Difference!Decline in the Child Injury
Death Rate Since the Safe Kids Campaign Launch in
1987
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Nearly 40
Source CDC/NCHS/NVSS, 1999 Note Injury
Coding Changes Occurred between 1998 and 1999
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Economic Impact

• Injury is the leading cause of medical spending
  for children ages 5-14.
• Annual lifetime cost of child injury is nearly
  157 billion, which includes 5 billion in direct
  medical costs, 3.3 billion in future earnings
  lost and 148 billion in lost quality of life.

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Economic Impact (cont.)

• Every 1 spent on a child safety seat saves 32
  in direct medical costs and other costs to
  society
• Every 1 spent on a bicycle helmet saves 30 in
  direct medical costs and other costs to society
• Every 1 spent on a smoke alarm saves 69 in
  fire-related costs

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Partnerships with Federal Agencies

• United States Fire Administration
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  (NHTSA)
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

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Corporate Sponsors
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THANK YOU !
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