Home Safety for Kids

Each year, more than 2,096 deaths from unintentional childhood injuries occur in the home. Home injury deaths of children ages 14 and under are caused primarily by fire and burns, suffocation, drowning, choking, falls, poisoning and firearms.

Prevention:

• Install smoke alarms on every floor of the home and in each bedroom; test them monthly.
• Keep hot liquids and foods out of your child's reach.
• Never leave a child alone in the bathtub or around water.
• Keep your infant off waterbeds, pillows and thick blankets to prevent suffocation.
• Lay your child on her back to sleep; never on her stomach.
• Avoid balloons, hot dogs, hard candy and small toys to prevent choking; cut all foods into very small pieces.
• Do not use a baby walker with wheels.
• Store guns unloaded and locked away.
• Keep cleaning supplies, pills, vitamins, alcohol, paints, perfume, and bug spray in a locked cabinet or closet.

You can learn more by visiting SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE.