Home falls safety презентация

for more than half of all nonfatal injuries to children.
Leading cause of injuries related to nursery products.
Children ages 5 and under account for half of the fall-related injuries treated in emergency rooms.
Don’t leave babies alone on furniture—including beds, tables, sofas, cribs with the guardrails down, or changing tables—even if they have never rolled over.
If you have area rugs on bare floors, secure them with slip-resistant mats.

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aren’t well-developed.
Baby walkers, windows, and playground equipment are the products most often linked to injuries requiring hospitalization.
In one year, more than 4,000 children ages 4 and under were treated in emergency rooms for injuries suffered while they were using baby walkers.
Even with close adult supervision, baby walkers are not safe.
Four out of five infants injured while using baby walkers were being supervised at the time.

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in the same room.
Never use baby walkers on wheels.
Safer alternatives include stationary seats that let a child rotate and bounce, stationary activity centers, and play pens.
Install safety gates at the top and bottom of stairs, to keep infants and toddlers from falling down and from climbing.
Don’t use accordion gates with large openings, which can trap children.

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windows.
More than 4,000 children ages 14 and under are treated in hospital emergency rooms every year for injuries suffered when they fell out of windows.
Move chairs, cribs and other furniture away from windows.

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