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Safety Awareness: Preventing Accidents and Hazards

Discover the difference between accidents and disabilities and learn how to prevent mishaps. Explore home safety tips, fire safety measures, motor vehicle safety guidelines, and water safety practices. Educate yourself on creating accident chains and staying safe in various scenarios.

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Safety Awareness: Preventing Accidents and Hazards

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  1. CHAPTER 27 SAFETY EQ: What is an accident?

  2. IS A DISABILITY THE SAME AS A HANDICAP? • Handicap means it is harder to do • Disability means not able • Occupation - a person’s career at this time in life

  3. Are Accidents preventable? • 80% of all ACCIDENTS are PREVENTABLE • ACCIDENT = unexpected, harmful, event that occurs by chance

  4. 5 steps of an Accident(Accident Chain) • 1. Situation (BBQ) • 2. Unsafe Habit (Impatient) • 3. Unsafe Act (Fire Starter) • 4. The Accident (Explosion) • 5. The Result (Damages/Injuries)

  5. 10-2-2 • Create your own accident chain • Situation • Unsafe Habit • Unsafe Act • The Accident • The Result

  6. HOME SAFETY • Falls – 1 of every 5 results in an ER visit • Poison • 90% of victims are under the age of 6 (can’t read) • Adult victim is usually a suicide attempt

  7. Suffocation – breathing stops HOME SAFETY CONT. H20 - drowning • Natural Gas • Plastic Bags • Electricity • Smoke

  8. FIRE SAFETY • Fire • 80% of victims die from smoke inhalation • 3 required elements • Fuel • Heat • oxygen

  9. FIRE SAFETY CONT. • Fire Escape Plan • 2 exits out of any bedroom • Meeting place • Escape techniques • Door • Window • Second story • Detectors (smoke & heat)

  10. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY • Most frequent cause of accidental death (23.9%) • 80% would live if they used seat belts • 96% of all MV accidents are driver error • 50% of all fatal MV accidents involve alcohol

  11. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY CONT. • Teenagers have a 4x higher death rate than ages 25-65 (Prefrontal Cortex/sight)

  12. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY CONT. • PREVENTION • Proper instruction • Follow the rules of the road • Use common sense

  13. WATER SAFETY • 3,600 PEOPLE DROWN EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES WHILE AT • POOLS • BEACHES • LAKES • RIVERS

  14. WATER SAFETY CONT. • Home pools • 50%of all drowning • Children under 6 die quietly • Don’t know they are in trouble until they are under the water • There is not a call for help

  15. WATER SAFETY CONT. • Ocean • 80% of these drowning are on unguarded beaches • Swimming alone

  16. WATER SAFETY CONT. • Prevention • Know how to swim • Never swim alone • Use proper rescue techniques • Reach • Throw • Row • Go

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