Hazards at Home

The Most Painful Burn is the One You Could Have Prevented

Among the hidden hazards in your home, there are two especially harmful to children: Flammable liquids, like gasoline and paint thinner. The other is ordinary household tap water, that’s too hot for a child’s skin. Protecting your loved ones from flammable liquids and extremely hot water should come down to common sense. But with so many accidents, injuries and deaths every year, its easy to we that common sense is sometimes overlooked. Its not hard to figure out why, either. As parents, we become preoccupied or distracted in going about our daily lives, and that’s where the problems lie. All it takes is a split second, to change the course of your life.

It Only Takes a Second to Turn a Happy Bath Time Into a Lifetime of Pain

Make sure your water heater is set no higher than 120 degrees. Use a cooking thermometer to check the water temperature in your bathtub. If its hotter than 120 degrees, turn down your water heater, or call a plumbing contractor to turn it down. If you live in an apartment building, have the building superintendent check it for you.

Water doesn’t have to be at the boiling point to harm a child. Infants are plump and cuddly, and their tender skin is a lot thinner than a grown-up’s, and can be scalded more quickly.

Protect your loved ones. Use common sense when dealing with flammable liquids and scalding hot water.

Emergency Action For Poisoning

Inhaled poison

Immediately get the person to fresh air. Avoid breathing fumes. Open doors and windows wide. If victim is not breathing, start artificial respiration.

Poison on the skin

Remove contaminated clothing and flood skin with water for 15 minutes. Then wash gently with soap and water and rinse.

Poison in the eye

Flood the eye with lukewarm (not hot) water poured from a large glass 2 or 3 inches from the eye. Repeat for 15 minutes. Have patient blink as much as possible while flooding the eye. DO NOT force the eyelid open.

Swallowed Poison

Unless patient is unconscious, having convulsions, or can not swallow-give milk or water immediately than call for professional advice about whether you should make the patient vomit or not.

After the emergency actions, call your local poison center

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Amherstburg, ON N9V 2A5
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Amherstburg, ON N0R 1G0
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