The rooms are decorated hanging stockings with care, but it is safe for your holidays for children who can break during the holiday season? If your house is not childproof lately, and wait for children to visit, there are some simple things that can reduce potential risks.
The risk of injury to children during the holiday increases with the hustle and bustle of the season. Even if your house childproof in the past, changes in household routine can create potential risks.
"Note that the normal daily routine will be interrupted at this point," said Heather Hudson Poison Centre Ontario. "And as is often the time when more children at risk of poisoning."
Holiday accidents happen frequently associated with the common household items, he said.
"Things have been shifted from their usual storage or someone to stay in the house. Just like grandma came to visit and something in the house that does not exist in general. This can also lead to problems, brought" says Hudson ,
If it's been a while since I've tested, the safety of, or if you are at home while traveling this holiday season, should take into account some recent security alerts, and worldly security.
If you check the list and it twice, read these 10 checkpoints add.
1. Detergent pods
Children sometimes confuse detergent pods for candy. (Joelene Huber)
Use detergent packets are measured only convenient but are sweet caramel color and size, and small children can take them for sweets. Between 2012 and 2014 alone, there were more than 17,000 calls to poison control centers the United States for children under six years to wash exposed sleeves age, according to a study.
Packages can an explosion of detergents which are swallowed in case of perforation or dissolved in the mouth. Reported symptoms include vomiting, nausea, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, cough, abdominal pain, decreased consciousness and even death.
Health Canada recommends that detergents locked sleeves and kept out of the reach of children.
2. reversals TV
Flat screen TVs, which are not firmly anchored, can be found on, pulling including young children to understand things as they learn to walk, increase the risk of injury. (Joelene Huber)
TV reversals were grown in the last decade, especially with the increasing size of the flat screen TVs that are often not properly anchored or fixed to the wall. Spills television are among the five "hidden dangers of the house" in the list of the Safety Commission Consumer Product in the United States .. children between one and three years are most at risk.
The injuries can be severe, including head and neck fractures and brain injuries, many of which require neurosurgery and can also be fatal, according to a study this year by the neurosurgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Dr. Michael Cusimano.
TV Resolutions may be prevented and Cusimano Team recommends the following preventive measures:
- Teaching children the danger.
- The restriction in rooms with a TV.
- TV should not be placed in the windows.
- TV should be securely anchored to the supports on the floor or on the wall or other device using the same.
- Ask any toys, TV remote controls and other desirable elements for children on television.
3. Cosmetics
The bathroom is one of the most dangerous places for young children through the storage of medicines and cleaning products. "Many of mouthwash, facial toners, perfumes and sprays containing alcohol - and often in relatively high concentrations," Hudson said.
Before children to attend the festival, look through your bathroom (s), to ensure that everything that could be accessible to a child dangerous.
4. scalding with hot water
Children often play with the faucets in the bathroom, and can easily burn when the hot water system of the house is set at too high a temperature. (Joelene Huber)
Very easily burn baby and children's skin when exposed to very hot water. You can light up when children and burned with hot water water temperature, the adults can happen to treat burns.
The Canadian Paediatric Society recommends that, in order to prevent your water heater to a maximum of 49 ° C or 120 ° F burns injuries.
5. Magnets
With strong magnets, such as rare earth magnets is known in some children's toys, kits, science games, jewelry and clothing accessories. Children under three years often put things in their mouths and sometimes swallow.
Swallowing more than one magnet may cause serious injury to a child of the walls of the intestine and / or stomach, it can be clamped, which cause blockages and tears because of the strong attraction magnet. Magnet injuries can be fatal.
Young children are not the only ones at risk. Teens also have small powerful magnets for the use of language or wrong to buy piercings in the mouth.
If a magnet is swallowed, or were probably swallowed, seek medical attention immediately.
6. Consumption of alcohol by children
Accidental ingestion of alcohol is common, call a poison control center during the holidays properly.
Hudson said the accidental ingestion of alcohol by children is always a problem, but during the holidays. A common scenario for a control center poisoning call, said it was "the family having a party and let the cleaning until the next day. [Children] wake up early and start drinking half-empty glasses" that were scattered everywhere.
"We recommend that, at least, empty into the sink before bedtime vessels," Hudson said.
7. MOP buckets and coolers
Many adults do not realize that children can drown in just one inch of water and a bucket of water without supervision posing a serious threat to an inquisitive child. (Joelene Huber)
For children under five years, drowning is the second leading cause of death. But not all drowning occur in swimming pools. Children can drown in just one inch of water.
Young children are particularly vulnerable to drowning in buckets or cans because their bodies are top-heavy and can easily be changed when supported by a bucket and not to go into the situation.
Do not leave buckets bucket or work around the house with water in them. The Canadian Paediatric Society advises people to empty water trays, coolers and hot immediately after use.
8. cleaners
Children entering cleanser is an important source of calls to poison control centers. This photo of an envelope dishwasher and a Halloween candy bar shows how a child looks and how easy it is to assume that candy. (Joelene Huber)
Warnings about the dangers of children entering cleaners are nothing new, but according to Hudson, the second most common poison control center should be mentioned during the holidays. When they arrive to their own guests before the guests, which can sometimes be distracted and let a cleaning solution, Hudson said.
Make cleaning products are kept out of sight and out of reach of children and they immediately. After use, especially cleaning the hub of activity and the chaos of the holidays
9. Drugs
By every day of the year, Hudson, the # 1 reason to call a poison control center at all ages is said for drug taking.
Drugs containing acetaminophen, are by far the most common substance. If you are a visitor, so that the drugs in places such as desk suitcase, handbag, jacket pocket, bathroom, toilet and night leaving dangerously accessible to children. These include drugs, prescription drugs and vitamins.
Make sure that all medicines and vitamins locked out of sight and out of reach of children. Hosts should visitors on holiday with a locked box address or a safe place to (including medications that must be refrigerated) to store during the holidays, which is out of sight to offer medication and reach of children.
10. risks of suffocation and toilet paper rule
Can leave all small objects in the home a choking hazard to children. Usually, when something over a standard toilet paper roll, then a potential choking hazard. (Joelene Huber)
There are many household items, a choking hazard could pose, especially for children three years and younger are more things in their mouths. Anything that can pass through a roll of toilet paper, could be a choking hazard for young children. This includes things like toothpaste caps, coins, paper clips, peanuts, sweets and small toys.
Let everything that might pass through a toilet paper roll when small children be home for the holidays.
Joelene Dr. Huber has been a member of the Toronto Hospital personnel San Miguel, assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto professor and member of the Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
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