FIRE
AND BURNS
PREVENTION
MEASURES
- Set hot water heater to 120
degrees F or less.
- Always be with your child when he
or she is in the bathroom or kitchen.
- Always test the water temperature
before putting a child in the bathtub or shower;
put your whole hand in the water, spread your
fingers wide and move your hand back and forth
through the water for several seconds to check
for hot spots.
- Keep child away from hot foods and
liquids (coffee, soup, boiling water).
- Use back burners and/or turn pot
handles to the back of the stove when cooking.
- Keep appliance cords out of
children's reach, especially if the appliances
contain hot liquids.
- Keep all matches, gasoline,
lighters and all other flammable materials out of
the sight and reach of children.
- Install smoke detectors in your
home on every level and in every sleeping area.
Test them once a month and replace the batteries
at least once a year.
- Don't allow smoking in your home.
- Plan escape routes.
DROWNING
PREVENTION
MEASURES
- Never leave a child unsupervised
in the bathroom or around even small amounts of
water (children can drown in as little as one
inch of water).
- Empty all containers, especially
buckets, immediately after use and store out of
reach.
- Never leave a child unsupervised
near a body of water, including wading pools,
spas, fishponds, swimming pools, and lakes.
- Install four-sided pool fencing,
at least five feet high and equipped with
self-closing and self-latching gates, that
completely surrounds the pool itself and prevents
direct access from the house and yard.
- Always have your child wear
personal flotation device when on boats or near
natural bodies of water (e.g. lakes, oceans).
FALLS
PREVENTION
MEASURES
- Do not use baby walkers.
- Use safety gates at the top
- Move chairs and furniture
- Do not leave child alone on bed,
changing table or sofa.
- Always strap child into high chair
or stroller.
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MOTOR
VEHICLE CRASHES
PREVENTION
MEASURES
- Always use child safety seats
correctly every time you ride.
- Read your child safety seat
instruction manual and your motor vehicle owner
manual for directions on proper installation.
Some vehicles require supplemental attachment
hardware to ensure proper fit of child safety
seats.
- Only buy child safety seats with a
certification label that shows that it meets or
exceeds Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 213.
- Call the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline
(1-800-424-9393) to see if any recalls or safety
notices have been issued on your child safety
seat.
PEDESTRIAN
INJURIES
PREVENTION
MEASURES
- Always stop at the edge or curb of
a road.
- Listen and look left-right-left
for traffic before crossing.
- Walk on the left side of the road,
facing traffic.
- Always hold child's hand when near
streets or crossing streets or in parking lots.
- Always be with child when in an
unfenced area.
POISONING
PREVENTION
MEASURES
- Keep all household solutions and
medicines out of child's reach (including child's
medicines).
- Label poisons and medicines with MR.
YUK stickers and teach child what they
mean.
- Keep phone number of nearest
Poison Control Center by telephone, along with
other emergency phone numbers.
- Keep syrup of ipecac on hand; use
only if advised by physician or Poison Control
Center.
CHOKING
PREVENTION
MEASURES
- Keep coins, buttons, jewelry and
other small items out of child's reach.
- Never feed child small hard foods
such as peanuts, popcorn, hot dogs, or grapes.
- Do not allow child to play with
small toy parts, balloons, marbles, or small
balls.
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