Ways to Prevent Injuries

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• Ways to Prevent Injuries
• at Home

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Childproofing the Home
What does this statement mean?

• The best way to find the dangers a child might
  encounter is to explore the home at his or her
  level by getting down on your hands and knees.
• You may feel silly, but a few self-conscious
  minutes are better than years of regret.

Explain in your own words what you think this
means.
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Childproofing the Home

• What is the best way to go about looking at
  childproofing the home?

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Safety in the Kitchen

• What are safety precautions that parents need to
  follow in the kitchen to keep children free from
  injuries?

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Safety in the Kitchen

• Can you think of any safety precautions that deal
  with glasses or knives and forks?

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Safety in the Kitchen

• How can tablecloths, placemats and appliances be
  hazards to children?

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Safety in the Kitchen
How should the pot handles be turned when cooking?
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Safety in the Bathroom

• What do you need to do to make the bathroom safe
  for a child?

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Safety around Heat Sources

• Keep guards around open heaters, radiators, and
  floor furnaces
• Teach children that the heat source is hot

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Home Fires

• What do you need to teach children about home
  fires?

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Firearm Safety

• Guns kill more that 10 children every day.
• Adults need to teach children that guns are not
  toys and must not be handled by children.

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• What else do you know about firearm safety?

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Bathing Children Safely

• Is it safe to leave a child alone in the bathtub?

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Preventing Falls

• How can a parent prevent
• falls in the home?

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Making Cribs and Beds Safe

• How far apart do the slats need to be in a crib
  to keep a babys head from becoming stuck?

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Making Cribs and Beds Safe

• Why should all stuffed animals and fluffy
  blankets, and pillows be removed from the crib
  when child is sleeping?

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Keeping mealtimes safe

• Children love to try new foods. What are foods
  that children do not need to try early in life
  because of possible allergic reactions?

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Preventing suffocation

• Remove all stuffed animals from the crib at night
• Keep plastic bags away from children

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Preventing poisoning

• Request child-resistant packaging when possible.
• But keep in mind that child-resistant does not
  mean childproof.
• These medicines still need to be locked out of
  reach.

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Toy Safety
This is a tube tester. What do you think it
might be used for?
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Toy Safety
Some people will suggest using a toilet paper
tube to test if something poses a choking hazard.

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Preventing lead poisoning

• Can anyone tell us what lead poisoning is and
  what it comes from?

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Emergency

• Keep a first aid kit on hand and emergency
  numbers by every phone in the home.
• Include the national toll-free poison hotline
  1-800-222-1222.

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Make sure your child has a safe, secure
environment at home.