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Home Safety Conference on Injury Prevention & Control: Preventing and Responding to Injuries

Join the Home Safety North Dakota Conference to learn about recognizing safety hazards, buying infant equipment, recommended emergency procedures, and more. Discover how to keep indoor and outdoor environments safe.

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Home Safety Conference on Injury Prevention & Control: Preventing and Responding to Injuries

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  1. Home Safety North Dakota Conference on Injury Prevention & Control“Preventing and Responding to Injuries”October 29, 2008 Sarah Myers, RN Child Care Health Consultant Lakes and Prairies Child Care Resource & Referral Safe Kids Fargo-Moorhead

  2. Objectives • Participants will be able to recognize common safety hazards in indoor and outdoor environments. • Participants will learn what to look for when using/buying infant equipment • Participants will learn what devices, supplies, and procedures are recommended for emergencies.

  3. Indoor Safety Risks • Equipment/furniture • Rugs/carpeting • Suffocation • Sharp objects • Pinching hazards • Cooking • Heat sources • Water • Outlets • Cords • Stairs

  4. Outdoor Safety Risks • Equipment • Storage sheds/garages • Mowers/cars • Wheels • Garden tools • Edging • Grills • Decks • Fencing

  5. Daily Checks • Quick scans of indoor and outdoor areas • Get down on hands and knees

  6. Water TemperatureThe table shows that a person will receive a second degree burn in 3 seconds of exposure and a third degree burn in 5 seconds of exposure to water of 140° at the discharge outlet.

  7. Consumer Product Safety Alert Never Put Children’s Climbing Gyms On Hard Surfaces, Indoors or Outdoors

  8. Equipment • Playpens • Cribs • Gates • Highchairs • Swings • Walkers • www.jpma.org

  9. Infant Sleeping • Position • Equipment • Tummy time • Sheets, blankets, soft material/items • Head uncovered • Don’t overheat • Pacifiers • Remove bibs, hats, necklaces

  10. Infant Sleeping Cont. • No smoking • Supervision • Sharing sleeping space • CPR • Positioning devices • Breastfeeding • Regular check-ups • Make sure immunizations are up-to-date • New information

  11. Food • Choking • Temperature • Allergies • Supervision

  12. Toys • Choke tube/toilet paper roll • Recalls www.cpsc.gov or www.recalls.gov • Lead • Magnets • Age appropriateness • Strangulation • Suffocation • Wear and Tear • Supervision

  13. Poison • Have poison control center number posted 1-800-222-1222 • Syrup of ipecac vs. activated charcoal • Appropriate storage • Chemicals • Torch/lamp oil • Air fresheners • Plants www.mnpoison.org www.plantcare.com/catalog/tepSearchByPlantName.php • Mushrooms • Art supplies • Medication • Vitamins – Iron #1 ingested substance – most deaths • Health & Beauty Aids • Purses

  14. Dangerous Drugs • Methyl salicylate (Ben Gay, Icy Hot) • Camphor (anti-itch, cooling gels) • Visine • Afrin • Benzocaine (Oragel, Anbesol) • Tricyclic antidepressants, anti-diabetic agents, cardiac meds

  15. Carbon Monoxide • Cause of most poisoning deaths in US • Winter months more common • Causes: furnaces, car exhaust, wood/gas stoves • Flu-like symptoms: HA, malaise, dizziness, confusion, SOB, LOC, weakness, blurred vision • Children and unborn children more at risk • CO detectors • Treatment: remove from source, give O2

  16. Art Supplies/Sensory Play • Uncooked beans • Shaving Cream • Color-print newspaper • Peanut butter/Nuts • Flour • Aerosol sprays • Permanent markers • ACMI approved www.acminet.org • Homemade play dough

  17. Pets • Supervise at all times • Dogs and swings • Leashes • Pet food and treats – Salmonella • Pet water dishes – drowning hazard

  18. Emergency Preparedness You can NEVER know when an emergency is going to happen. BE PREPARED! • Emergency tools (first aid kit, fire extinguisher, activity kits, flashlight, radio, etc.) • Emergency numbers posted • Plans for fire and tornado • Plans for other disasters – pandemic flu, blizzards, etc. www.ready.gov www.pandemicflu.gov

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