Home Safety The National Poison Control Center is staffed 24 hours a day. Memorize the National Poison Control Number: 800.222.1222. Buy household products, vitamins, and medicines in child-resistant packaging. Keep items in original containers. Follow label warnings. Carbon monoxide (CO) has no odor or color. Symptoms of CO poisoning are like those of the flu, […]
Home Safety Do This, Not That Choking and suffocation can occur at any age, but is more common in babies and toddlers. Choking is the 4th leading cause of unintentional death in children under the age of 5. At least 1 child dies from choking on food every 5 days in the U.S. Common foods
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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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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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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
Home Safety Keeping your home safe takes planning. Get checklists of what to do for all areas of your home. The number one cause of unintended deaths in the home is poisoning. This is from drugs, solids and liquid substances, gases and vapors, etc. The 2nd leading cause of unintended deaths in the home or
