Child Safety Practices: Understanding Risks and Preventive Measures

This presentation discusses statistical evidence of child injuries in the bathroom and garage areas, understanding child development, risk factors, and preventive measures for parents and children. The presentation emphasizes the importance of educating children about the risks and taking steps to reduce mishaps.

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CHILD SAFETY PRACTICES

Statistical Evidences:
 Child injury within the bathroom
and garage areas are the most
reported cases of accidents
 Approximately 150 children die
in Australia every year on
account of minor to fatal injuries
caused at home (Santagati et
al., 2016)
 Approximately 68,000 children
are hospitalized every year
(Santagati et al., 2016)
 There are more reported case of
accidents in aboriginal minors
than non-indigenous minors in
Australia (Moss et al., 2015)

Understanding Child
Development:
 Children aged between 3 to 5
years are highly inquisitive about
the world around them (Osborne
et al., 2014)
 Piaget’s developmental theory
states that cognitive development
is a combined effect of biological
development and exposure to the
external environment (Slee &
Shute, 2014)
 In order to quench the thirst of
curiousness children at this age
often end up involving themselves
in accidents in risk prone areas of
the house, such as the bathroom
and the garage (Walis et al.,
2015)

Risk Factors:
 The most common cause of
accidents at a bathroom
include (Watson & Errington,
2016):
 Falls on tripping over mats
and wet floor
 Fatal and non-fatal drowning
 Burns on contact with hot
water taps
 Cuts from razors or sharp
blades
 Poisoning on swallowing
house cleaners or
disinfectants

Parent’s should:
 Providing slip resistant bath mats
near the shower or the bathtub to
prevent slip and fall (Tatlow et al.,
2017)
 Keeping the bathroom floor dry
 Providing grab bars in the bathing
area so that toddlers can grab the
bars while bathing
 Equipping the bathroom with
shelves and cabinets so as to store
disinfectants and floor cleaners in a
safe place out of the reach of the
toddlers (Schmertmann et al., 2013)
 Providing ample lighting in the
bathroom area so as make it easier
for them to use the restroom at
night

Children should:
 Children should be taught to
use the grab bars while bathing
 Children should be taught to
keep the washroom clean and
dry
 Children should be strictly
educated about the harmful
effects of the chemicals like
disinfectants (Millei & Cliff,
2014)
 Post-it notes like ‘Do not touch’
can be stuck to the bottles so
as to prevent them from
ingesting harmful chemicals
(Greer et al., 2016)

Risk factors in Garage:
 Approximately 30,000
cases due to garage
door injury are
reported every year in
the US ranging from
mild to fatal (Fujita et
al., 2013)
 Injured fingers
 Getting trapped under
garage doors

Parent’s should:
 Maintain a
properly
functioning garage
door
 Be vigilant with
the children
 Educate the
children about
garage door
injuries (Kendrick
et al., 2013)

Children should:
 Not run around inside
the garage when
vehicles are moving
in or out
 Never bop down near
the garage door
when it is closing
(Osborne et al., 2016)
 Never hide under a
car if it is parked
inside the garage

Ensuring children safety:
 Accidents in bathroom
and garages are the
most common as far
as kids safety is
concerned
 Parents should
actively engage in
educating the children
about the risk factors
and take steps so as
to reduce these
mishaps

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