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:
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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.
Areas of Focus For
Safe Kids Grand Forks
Motor Vehicle
Toy Injury
Falls
Fires and Burns
Home/School Injuries
Drowning/Water Safety
Choking
Sports/Recreation Injuries
Bicycle/Wheeled Sports
Poisoning
Gun Safety
Rural Injuries/ATV
*** This is not a comprehensive list but a sampling of areas where we focus our attention and coalition’s efforts.
Emerging Areas of Injuries
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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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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
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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Take action. Act now.
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
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)
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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
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
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
A reoccurring theme?!?!
• 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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Educate
• Who needs to know?
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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
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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
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Safe Kids Worldwide
www.safekids.org
Cell: 701-739-1591
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.safekidsgf.com
Facebook: Safe Kids Grand Forks
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