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Child Safety and First Aid: Falls, Burns, Batteries and Medicine
Safety and first aid for young kids: head bumps, burns, swallowed batteries, medicine dosing, dogs, hot cars and where to take a sick child.
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- Bug Spray, Tick Checks and Sunscreen for Babies and Kids Repellent by age, tick checks and removal, stings and itchy bites, and sunscreen for babies and young kids.
- Burns and Scalds in Kids: First Aid and How to Prevent Them Cool-water first aid for burns, what not to put on them, which burns need a doctor and kitchen and bath scald prevention.
- Swallowed Button Battery, Magnet or Small Object: What to Do Why button batteries, magnets and water beads are emergencies, the honey step, and what to do for coins and small objects.
- Winter Coats in Car Seats, Dressing for Cold and Winter Safety The car seat pinch test, layering for cold, frostbite and hypothermia signs, sledding and indoor winter hazards.
- Cuts, Scrapes, Splinters and Nosebleeds: Kids' First Aid How to clean cuts and scrapes, when a cut needs stitches, removing splinters and stopping a nosebleed the right way.
- Kids and Dogs: Preventing Bites and Staying Safe With Pets How to read a dog's stress signals, teach kids to approach dogs, handle a bite and stay safe with other pets.
- My Child Hit Their Head: Bumps, Falls and What to Watch For What's normal after a head bump, first aid, signs to watch for, concussion basics and preventing serious falls.
- Hot Cars, Driveways and Car Safety Habits for Families Why children are forgotten in hot cars, habits that prevent it, backover safety, and safe habits inside the car.
- Lead Poisoning and Hidden Home Hazards for Babies and Toddlers Where lead hides, how to lower exposure, lead testing at 1 and 2, plus carbon monoxide, radon and smoke.
- Giving Kids Medicine Safely: Dosing by Weight, Measuring and Storage How to dose by weight, measure in mL, avoid double doses, store medicine up and away and use Poison Control.
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- Kids' First Aid Kit Checklist for Home, Car and Diaper Bag What to put in a first aid kit for babies and kids, which medicines to ask about, and an emergency info card.
- Urgent Care, ER or Pediatrician: Where to Take Your Sick Child How to choose between the nurse line, telehealth, urgent care and the ER, and what to bring.
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