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Childhood Safety About the Home

Terry L. Whipple, MD Chief of Orthopaedics-American Self, PLC [Ref: American Academy of Pediatrics]. Childhood Safety About the Home. choking, lead paint, points, pinchers, trips and falls. I. Toys. Loose Parts Imported from Mexico, So. Am, Korea, other Pacific rim

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Childhood Safety About the Home

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  1. Terry L. Whipple, MDChief of Orthopaedics-American Self, PLC [Ref: American Academy of Pediatrics] Childhood Safety About the Home

  2. choking, lead paint, points, pinchers, trips and falls I. Toys

  3. Loose Parts • Imported from Mexico, So. Am, Korea, other Pacific rim • Lead—slow learning, sleep disorders • All sharps • Scissoring or hinged parts • Clutter—like old people • stair wells, ledges, shelf climbing

  4. car seats, walkers, bikes, ATV’s II. Transportation

  5. Car seats—rear facing until age 1/ 20#/ exceed mfg recs • rear facing in convertible seat • Toddlers—full harness fwd facing • Booster seat until 4’9”/ adult seat belt fits • Back seat until age 13

  6. Walkers—nix • Bikes—correct size, maintenance, tires tricks, traffic rules, mirror • ATV’s—protective gear, training, supervision, terrain

  7. medicine, vitamins, food, alcohol, fuels, paint, cleansers, herbicides III. Toxins

  8. Medicine safety caps/ labels/ inaccessible • Food allergies/ excesses/ even water • Adult beverages—access/ example • All fuels, paints, cleansers, herbicides --anything used in a garage or basement

  9. babysitters, visitors, neighbors, service people, in public, phone callers, internet IV. Strangers

  10. Strangers and Acquaintences • Visitors • Neighbors • Friends’ siblings or parents • Even relatives

  11. Babysitters • Check in/ frequent early return home/ unpredictable timing • Talk with kids about how time was spent—all ages • Lists—home phone/ address/ police/ fire/ poison center/ doctor/ neighbor/ cell #

  12. At home • Phone—don’t answer if adult/ parent not in ear shot • Internet • Door—adult job only (15-16) • service people • even neighbors, friends’ parents • Away from home • Walk in groups • Familiar routes • Salutation OK but no conversation/ information • Report immediately

  13. kitchens, bathrooms, pools, back yards, driveways, basements, garages, community V. Home hazards

  14. Burns/ fire • CO-carbon monoxide (any flame or ignition) • Well water • Electromagnetic fields • power lines—3 x rate of depression • phone towers—HA, memory, dizziness, sleep problems • Guns • Asbestos • Lead—homes built after 1977 • Fish (mercury)—avoid swordfish, mackerel, shark • Coking—grapes, popcorn, hot dogs • a child dies every 5 min in US from choking • Know CPR !

  15. Thanks—Heads up !

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