One of the most important functions that parents must do is protect your children at home and away from home.
Unfortunately, keeping your children safe at home is a very difficult task. In the course of a normal day, children, regardless of the age, are exposed to a number of potential dangers. These dangers could result in cuts, bruises and scrapes to more serious medical problems such as broken bones, allergic reaction and head injuries.
While it is not expected that parents will be able to treat all medical emergencies, it is very important to know what you should do if it happens at your house. The first step is to assess the extent of the injury. If it is a simple cut or skinned knee,
cleaning the wound and bandaging it to keep it clean and dry may be all that is needed. However, if your child has sustained a serious burn or is in a great deal of pain, at trip to the emergency room or a call for an ambulance may be needed.
Medical care should only be done by a trained professional.
However, by assessing the situation you may be able to provide some basic first care. To help parents provide proper care and to keep children safe at home, we have provided a selection of resources that you can use. But, remember if you are unsure of the extent of injuries, you must contact a medical emergency service or if they are mobile enough without pain, a visit to your local emergency facility.
Basic Disaster Supplies Kit
Why You Should Learn Compression-Only CPR
Learn CPR: You Can Do It!
Mayo Clinic: First Aid
Kids Health: First Aid & Safety
MedlinePlus: First Aid Tips
Boy Scouts of America: First Aid and Safety
Wilderness First Aid Basics
WebMD: First Aid and Emergencies
Injuries & First Aid
First Aider’s Guide to Alcohol
Broken Bones / Dislocations for Broken Bones
First Aid-Fractures
Emergencies and First Aid
First Aid & Safety
Basic First Aid: What to Do
First Aid Booklet
Common First Aid Accidents
First Aid Book for Kids
Child and Baby First Aid Tips
CPR on Kids
First Aid Kits
First Aid Kit Essentials
First Aid Tips to Teach Children
What You Need In A Family First Aid Kit
First Aid Measures Kids Should Practice
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