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: safekids@altru.org

• Web site: www.safekidsgf.com

• Coordinator: Carma Hanson

• chanson@altru.org 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 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.

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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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?!?!

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: chanson@altru.org or safekids@altru.org

• Website: www.safekidsgf.com

• Facebook: Safe Kids Grand Forks

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Safe Kids Worldwide www.safekids.org