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Fire Escape Plan: Can Your Family Get Out in Less Than Two Minutes?
As a mother and an injury research scientist, I’ve dedicated much of my career to keeping kids safe and reducing pediatric injuries, which are the leading cause of death for children.
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Medicine Safety - Chemotherapy
Many children need medicine from time to time to treat different illnesses or conditions. Some of these medicines are taken for a short time. Others may be taken for years. Here are some tips for the safe use of medicines.
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Cough And Cold Medicines
How to properly administer over the counter cough medicine to your child.
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Medicine: Proper Disposal
Dispose of various medications correctly with help from these instructions.
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Child Passenger Safety
Car crashes are the #1 cause of death among children in the US. Depending on age, weight and height, children need to be in car seats, booster seats, or seat belts every time they are in the car.
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Nursery Product-Related Injuries on the Rise Among Young Children
Parents of young children use nursery products daily but these products are associated with injury more often than you might think. A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that about every 8 minutes in the U.S., a child three years of
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Nursery Product Injuries: What Families Need to Know
Preparing your home for a new baby can be overwhelming. As parents, we assume the products available for us to buy for our kids are safe. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.
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New Study Finds 24 Children a Day are Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments for High Chair-Related Injuries
High chairs and booster seats are commonly used to help make feeding young children easier. Although most parents assume these products are safe, millions have been recalled in recent years, and injuries associated with their use continue to occur.
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Nursery Safety
The most important job for parents is to keep their child safe from harm. Because newborns will spend most of their time sleeping, parents need to make sure the nursery is a safe place.
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Strollers
Although strollers are typically used to safely transport children, on average, one child aged 5 years and younger is treated in U.S. hospitals every 45 minutes for a stroller- related injury.