Keep Your Child Safe Using Helpful Tips

Injury Prevention

*Do not let infants and toddlers play with the following items; they are high risk choking:

Marbles
Coins
Toothpicks
Grapes
Peanuts
Peanut Butter
Crayons
Marshmallows

- Keep pot and pan handles out of reach to prevent scalding burns.

- Monitor water temperature to prevent bath water burns.

- Keep hot drinks out of reach.

- Keep all household cleaning, prescription medication and other poisonous
materials secured.

- Know the number to the poison control center in the event of a poisoning emergency.

- Wear safety equipment such as helmets when riding bicycles, skate boards or rollerblading. Make sure the helmet fits properly.

- Wear wrist guards to prevent wrist fractures during skating, skate boarding or rollerblading.

Illness Prevention

- Always wash hands after using the restroom, before eating, after eating and after playing outside.

- Use good hand washing techniques, sing happy birthday to your child while washing hands, use soap and dry thoroughly.

- When using over the counter medication for children, make sure the tamper resistant package is intact.

- Consult a physician and always follow directions.

- Be aware that any drug taken in excess can be lethal to children.

- Know the expiration date.

- Never identify medication as candy, it may be confusing to children who see pills lying out and that can be lethal.

- Never take medication is front of children, they mimic adult behavior.

- Never give an empty pill bottle to children to play with, there may be residue from the medication that could harm them.

- Talk with a physician or pharmacist before giving two or more medications.

- Follow age limit restrictions.

- Do not put one medication into an empty bottle of another.

- Keep medications out of reach.