Home Safety Presentation: Fridge Safety for Children (Ages 3-5)

This presentation focuses on the importance of home safety, particularly concerning the safety of children aged 3-5 around refrigerators. It highlights the identification of potential hazards, such as falls, electrical shocks, poisoning from stored items like medicines, and choking hazards from everyday objects. The presentation emphasizes the need for preventive measures, including the use of safety gates, locked storage of dangerous items, and constant supervision. It also stresses the importance of smoke detectors and fire safety education. The presentation aims to educate on the potential dangers associated with refrigerators in homes with young children and provides practical advice on how to mitigate these risks using nursing journals and health promotion materials. In-text and APA referencing style is used.

Safety in the Home

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 It is very important to understand safety at home and this can be effectively done by identifying hazards at first
place (Kendrick et.al, 2013).
 After identifying dangers it is necessary to eliminate them so that children's safety is maintained in the house.
 One can protect child from accidents and injuries near the fridge by adopting various measures and precautions.
There are some common accidents that usually happen in a house where children of age 3-5 years live (Kang
et.al, 2015).
 Falls is one of the most common accident that is noticed in toddlers. Generally it is noticed that children move
very quickly and due to lack of experience they can fall or injure themselves physically. This issue can be
resolved by attaching sliding gates at both the end of staircases.
 There are many accidents which also takes place in kitchen especially near the fridge. Due to lack of knowledge
and experience, children below the age of 3-5 years are not aware of electronic appliances that are placed in
homes (Gielen et.al, 2012).
 Fridge is also an electronic appliance that can be dangerous if not handled with care. If the fridge is not placed
above the height of a child then the toddler may get in contact with the main switch and wire of the appliance.
 This may lead to electric shocks and sometimes death of a child.
 It is generally noticed that we also store medicines and other drugs so that physical or chemical contamination
do not take place (Yella et.al, 2016). But children are not aware of that and may consume it accidently.
 For avoiding this condition it is very necessary to keep the fridge locked so that these types of incidents are
avoided.
 Choking with everyday objects in children is very common. It is very necessary to provider them complete
supervision even if they are not able to ingest food independently. Children are unaware of things which causes
choking, hence, it is necessary to keep all those items out of reach of children which can increase the chance of
choking (Borrusso & Quinlan, 2013).

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 Poisoning can also occur through household items. There are many things stored in the
refrigerator which is not to be consumed. As children are not aware of danger and
hazards associated with it they may consume it very easily (Martínez-Reyes, Castro &
González-Gurrola, 2014).
 If poisoning has occurred it is very important to call emergency numbers so that they
can prevent from further poisoning.
 Smoke detectors should also be installed in the house so that it can prevent fires in
household. Children should be informed about the fire burn hazards so that they can
prevent injuries to themselves (McGovern & Devine, 2016). All the areas in home
which can cause burns should be removed or blocked to enhance children safety at
home.
 Two safety questions for children
 Are you aware of home safety rules and ways to safeguard yourself from injuries and
accidents?
 Are you aware of the non-edible items that are stored in fridge?