Home Safety Do This, Not That * Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries for children ages 0 to 19. Every day, about 8,000 children are treated in U.S. emergency rooms for fall-related injuries. * Almost 86,000 fall injuries each year are linked with dogs and cats. This includes falling or tripping over the […]
Home Safety Do This, Not That Simple actions can make you and your family safer and keep your things from going up in smoke. Most home fire deaths occur at night. If you think that you’ll be awoken by smoke, noise, or breaking glass, then you’re almost certainly wrong. Every fire produces large amounts of
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Child Safety It’s easy to equip a bicycle with a child safety seat so your toddler can ride with you. To ensure the safety of your child: * Be sure the seat is properly installed. If you aren’t sure how to install it correctly, consider having someone at a bicycle repair shop do it. *
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Personal Safety (and Other Tips for Safer Biking) Wearing a helmet is the single most important thing you can do to prevent serious injury from bicycle accidents. Other injury-preventive measures include wearing gloves, choosing the right size bike, and riding on well- maintained roads. But wearing a helmet is still critical. Not just any helmet
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Home Safety Every Christmas season, many families tragically lose their homes because of Christmas tree fires. Here’s how to prevent them. To choose a tree: * Pick the freshest tree you can find. Hold the tree by the trunk and tap it against the ground. If needles drop profusely, look for another tree. * Keep
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Home Safety Smoke detectors save lives. But if a smoke detector is placed in the wrong spot or not maintained, it may be useless in a fire. To install and maintain smoke detectors: * Install at least one smoke detector on each level of your house. Best locations are in hallways and just outside bedroom
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Home Safety * Install smoke alarms and a carbon monoxide detector. Check them at least every 6 months. * Keep a working fire extinguisher handy. * Keep medicines, vitamins, and all harmful substances out of children’s reach. In case of accidental poisoning, call the Poison Control Center at 1.800.222.1222. Prevent falls * Keep walk paths
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Home Safety Harmful drugs could be right under your nose. Spray paint, gasoline, glue, hair spray, and cleaning products become drugs when their vapors are inhaled on purpose to get “high.” Inhalants are easy to get and are among the most popular and deadly substances that teens abuse. The highs and lows At first, the
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Personal Safety Getting sliced by a lawn mower blade and being hit by rocks or other propelled objects are the two most common lawn mower-related injuries. (Mower blades rotate at nearly 200 miles per hour, and seemingly harmless sticks and stones often become dangerous missiles when picked up and hurled at that speed.) To mow
Family Fitness Being connected to the natural world offers a bounty of physical and emotional health benefits, for both adults and children. Encourage your kids to explore and experience the unpredictable magic of Mother Nature. Tips to help give kids the benefits of playing outdoors in nature: *Go green (or blue):Get to any sort of
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