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Keeping Kids Safe: The Things Curious Kids Get Into
Minnesota Injury Prevention Summit
September 24, 2015
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Who Is Safe Kids Grand Forks?
• We are a coalition who has as our mission to prevent unintentional injuries and death to children under age 19. • Altru Health System is the lead agency but we are a
community/regionally focused group who come together around the common cause of injury prevention.
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Contact Information: Connecting With Safe Kids Grand Forks
• Safe Kids Grand Forks is based at Altru Health System. You can connect with us via: • Facebook – Safe Kids Grand Forks
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Web site: www.safekidsgf.com
• Coordinator: Carma Hanson
• [email protected] or 701.739.1591
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SAFE KIDS GRAND FORKS COVERAGE AREA
• Safe Kids Grand Forks covers northwest Minnesota and
northeast North Dakota.
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Areas of Focus For
Safe Kids Grand Forks Motor Vehicle Fires and Burns
Falls Drowning/Water Safety Gun Safety
Poisoning
Sports/Recreation Injuries
Toy Injury
Choking
Bicycle/Wheeled Sports
Home/School Injuries
Rural Injuries/ATV
*** This is not a comprehensive list but a sampling of areas where we focus our attention and coalition’s efforts.
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Emerging Areas of Injuries
• Electronic Cigarettes
• Button Batteries
• Laundry/Detergent Pods
• High Powered Magnets
• Medication Poisonings
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Electronic Cigarettes
• These devices are becoming more popular and are made with appealing smells and flavors (candy, mint, fruit, etc.)
• There is enough nicotine in 1 teaspoon of liquid e-cigarette “juice” to kill a young child.
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Electronic Cigarettes
• Poisoning can occur from the following: • Inhaling
• Swallowing (ingestion)
• Touching (Absorption)
• Many states to do have laws that require childproof containers for these products.
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Electronic Cigarettes
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Electronic Cigarettes
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E-Cigarettes: Prevention Tips
• Know and understand the dangers of these products.
• Store liquid nicotine in childproof containers, up and out of reach of children.
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Button Batteries
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Button Batteries
• Children’s products are required to have a screw-on cover over the batteries.
• “Adult” products are not regulated in the same way and yet children have access to many of these items.
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Button Batteries
• Button batteries are commonly used in many household items.
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Button Batteries
• 3,500 cases of button batter ingestion are reported each year
• 17 serious injuries in 2012 and 2 deaths (reported)
• Severe cases quadrupled from 2006 to 2010
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Button Batteries
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The battery is often ingested without the parents knowing it has been. Symptoms can mimic other problems such as the flu or a stomach ache. The saliva causes a reaction with the battery that can cause burning through the stomach and intestines. Physicians may mistake the battery for a coin which be allowed to “pass through” vs. a battery which is a surgical emergency.
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Button Batteries
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1. Keep Out of Reach
2. Get Help Fast
3. Tell Others
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Button Batteries: Prevention Tip
• Know and understand the dangers of these products.
• Store products with button batteries up and out of reach of children.
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Laundry/Detergent Pods
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Laundry/Detergent Pods
• Since 2012, more than 33,000 calls for children 5 and under have been reported to poison centers about children getting into liquid laundry packets - that’s more than 30 children every single day
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Laundry/Detergent Pods
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Infographic created by: Safe Kids Worldwide
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Laundry/Detergent Pods: Prevention Tip
• Know and understand the dangers of these products.
• Store laundry and detergent products up and out of reach of children.
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High Powered Magnets
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High Powered Magnets
• Ingested neodymium magnets are a serious health hazard for children, with an extremely high risk of intestinal obstruction and perforation as loops of bowel may be trapped between multiple magnets.
• They are at least 5 to 10 times more powerful than traditional magnets. (They were first invented in 1982)
• These special magnets are used in many of the following items: • Toys • Office supplies or desk toys • Jewelry • Pain relief products • Machines and tools (hybrid electric engines) • Hard drives
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High Powered Magnets
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Extremely powerful magnetic attractions are produced when more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnetic force can bring two pieces of intestine tightly together, and make holes in the intestines
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High Powered Magnets
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High Powered Magnets: Safety Tips
• Know and understand the dangers of these products.
• Remove these products from the home or store them up and out of reach of children.
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Medication Poisonings
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Medication Poisonings
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Every minute a parent or caregiver calls a poison control center about
a medication poisoning
More than 67,000 children are seen in emergency
departments for medication poisoning
12,390 children are hospitalized each year for medication poisoning
It’s preventable
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2013 Report: Recap
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• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission NEISS data
• +67,000 ER visits for medicine
• Grandparent’s medicine in 38% of cases
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2014 Report
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• Survey of 1,185 grandparents ages 50 and over who regularly take care of young grandchildren
• Exploring medication storage and dosing behaviors
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Medication Poisonings
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Medication Poisonings
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Medication Poisoning: Safety Tips
• Know and understand the dangers of these “helpful” products.
• Remove these products from the home or store them up and out of reach of children.
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The Things Curious Kids Get Into
• Know and understand the dangers of these products.
• Remove these products from the home or store them up and out of reach of children.
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A reoccurring theme?!?!
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Educate
• Who needs to know? • Parents
• Teachers
• Grandparents
• Kids and siblings
• Health care providers
• Home visitors
• Babysitters
• Child care providers (center based and home based)
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Educate
• How do we reach them? • Babysitting classes
• Home visitors
• Point of sale locations
• Expectant parents classes
• Social media
• Printed materials
• Bag stuffers - posters
• Head Start presentations
• Team meetings
• Web site
• Radio interviews
• Clinics, Public Health, Doctor’s Offices
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Contact Information
• Carma Hanson, MS, RN • Safe Kids Grand Forks
• Grand Forks, North Dakota
• Cell: 701-739-1591
• E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
• Website: www.safekidsgf.com
• Facebook: Safe Kids Grand Forks
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Safe Kids Worldwide www.safekids.org