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Injury Prevention at Home

Learn important tips and strategies to prevent common household injuries like cuts, poisoning, burns, suffocation, drowning, and falls. Stay safe and protect your loved ones at all times.

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Injury Prevention at Home

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  1. Injury Prevention at Home

  2. Injury Prevention at Home More than 20,000 Americans die each year due to home and year to home. In addition, 3,000,000+ are permanently disable due to injury.

  3. Injury Prevention at Home Making your home safety proof should be your goal.

  4. Injury Prevention at Home 6 Common Household Injuries Cuts Resulting from exposure to sharp objects, tools, and using toys improperly

  5. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing Cuts • Use tools correctly. • Watch out for sharp knives in the dish water. • Carefully pick up broken glass and other materials around the home.

  6. Injury Prevention at Home 6 Common Household Injuries Poisoning Household chemicals such as cleaners, automobile fluids, carbon monoxide all present a danger in the household.

  7. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing Poisoning • Know the poison control center number. • 1-800-222-1222. • Label all medications, caustic cleaners (drain openers, toilet cleaners), and automobile fluids with a warning. • Store all chemicals and fluids in their correct container and store them in a locked cabinet or high cabinet

  8. Injury Prevention at Home 6 Common Household Injuries Burns Can result of contact with chemicals, hot water, or heat.

  9. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing Burns • Make sure know have your local fire departments number by your phones in your house. • Make sure you blow out candles carefully before leaving the home or going to sleep. • Make sure your home has smoke detectors and they have working batteries.

  10. Injury Prevention at Home 6 Common Household Injuries SSC (suffocation/strangulation/ choking) Cookouts (hotdogs), eating to quickly, eating large pieces of food, drinking, cords, plastic bags

  11. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing SSC (suffocation / strangulation / choking) • Sit down to eat food, avoid walking around while eating. • Try not to talk and eat at the same time. • Store plastic bags in a drawer. • Keep cords hidden as best as possible. • Being able to perform the Heimlich Maneuver and recognize the international sign for choking.

  12. Injury Prevention at Home 6 Common Household Injuries Drowning Pools, tubs, and buckets all present the opportunity for a drowning to occur

  13. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing Drowning • Don’t leave buckets of water around the house. • Make sure you drain the tub after you done bathing. • Pool owners should make sure they close their pools properly.

  14. Injury Prevention at Home 6 Common Household Injuries Falls Slip in the shower, on rugs, down stairs, on hardwood floors.

  15. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing Slips and Falls • Grab Bars • Railings in all stairways. • Install grab bars in the shower if you have an elder living with you.

  16. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing Slips and Falls • Slip-Resistant Rugs and Mats • Non slip mats and strips should be placed in the bottom of the tub. • If you have wooden floors make sure you buy rugs with non-slip backing or tape the edges with slip resistant tape.

  17. Injury Prevention at Home Preventing Slips and Falls • Sufficient Lighting • Make sure all stairwells and outside steps are well lit.

  18. Injury Prevention at Home Emergency Numbers • Should be placed by every phone in the house or in quick and easily accessible spot. (refrigerator) • Local Fire Department • Poison Control Number 1-800-222-1222 • Police Department • Doctor’s Office

  19. Injury Prevention at Home

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