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Staying Home Alone
All parents will someday ask themselves if their child is ready to stay home alone. Before leaving your child home alone, make sure they are ready and set rules to keep them safe.
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Summer Safety
Summer is a favorite time of year for many children. Help make sure your children have a fun, safe summer by reviewing some tips to prevent injury.
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Toy Safety
Some toys can lead to injuries. These injuries can be the result of a flaw in the product design but can also happen when the toy is used in a way that does not follow the manufacturers’ instructions.
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Tree House Safety
Building and playing in tree houses is a favorite activity for young children. Though a tree house can be a place of great fun and imagination, unfortunately it can also lead to serious injury.
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Types of Smoke Alarms
Every year, more than 3,000 people die in home fires in the United States. Fire deaths are usually the result of breathing in toxic smoke, and most fatal fires occur at night.
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Window Falls
Every year, over 5,100 children younger than 18 years of age are treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments for injuries related to falls from windows.
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Drug-Related Poisoning
The cause of these poisonings has shifted over the past decade. Prescription drug-related poisonings now lead to more deaths and emergency department visits than illegal drugs.
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Fall Prevention
Falls are the most common cause of childhood injury in the home, leading to more than 1.3 million visits to the ER each year. Parents and caregivers should take steps to make their homes safer.
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Fire Escape Plans
Fires in the home can start in an instant and spread in seconds. Everyone in your family should know the fastest and safest way out of any room in your home.
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Fire Safety for Children
When a house fire starts, children can become very afraid and confused. With as little as two minutes to escape unharmed, there is not enough time to plan a safe escape route when the alarm sounds.