Skip to main content

Happy, Safe Holiday (and then some...)

Are Your Medications Up, Away and Out of Sight?WFH_All Saints 2Cstk_Co (2)
Sponsored by
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints

67,000 children are treated in emergency rooms each year for medicine poisoning.

500,000 times each year a child gets into medicine or gets the wrong dose.  

Safe Kids Worldwide recently released a new research report that found kids are getting into medicine at an alarming rate. Over the past 10 years, this rate has increased by 30 percent. All Saints is the Lead Agency for Safe Kids Kenosha-Racine. Read more...

In its report, An In-Depth Look at Keeping Young Children Safe Around Medicine, Safe Kids reviews the numbers and offers parents simple things they can do to protect their children.

“Ask any parent, and they will tell you they store medicine where children can’t get them,” said Erin Donaldson, Safe Kids Kenosha-Racine coordinator. “But they might not be thinking of pills stored in purses, vitamins left on counter tops, or a diaper rash remedy near a changing table.”

 

79075940_child-pills (2)

The increase in exposure reflects the increase in medicines in the home. Most adults take medicine or vitamins on a regular basis, but they don’t always keep them hidden from kids. In 86 percent of emergency room visits for medicine poisoning, the child got into medicine belonging to an adult.

“Curious kids can get into trouble fast,” added Donaldson. “It only takes a few seconds for children to get into medicine that could make them very sick.” Look around your house to make sure all medicine is out of sight.

Wheaton blog Nov 27

Tips to keep kids safe around medicine

  • Keep them up, up and away (handy for you is dangerous to your child).

  • Medicine is more than just pills. Rubbing alcohol, eye drops, and ointments can all be unsafe.

  • Medicines designed to help children take them easier (gummy or candy varieties) are a magnet for little eyes.

  • When you have guests in your home, put purses, bags and coats where kids can’t get to them.

  • Be alert to medicine in places your child visits. Take a look around to make sure there isn’t medicine within reach of your child.

  • Program the nationwide poison control center number (1-800-222-1222) into your phones.


To learn more about safe medication storage, dosages, and disposal, visit www.SafeKids.org.

All Saints is the Lead Agency for Safe Kids Kenosha-Racine. Like us on our Facebook page to stay up-to-date on relevant topics for your family.

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Chill Out (and In)!

Snow Much Fun! by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann   Snow much? In my neck of the woods, wowza! Now that we have the holidays behind us, we can't ignore the fact that there are plenty of cold, winter days ahead. Fill those days in with some seasonal fun before that spring sun melts all of the white fluffy stuff. Just Add Kids has put together Snow Much Fun! It's a skating/sledding/skiing destination guide for Racine, Kenosha and surrounding communities. Read more... ICE SKATING Echo Lake, Burlington (595 Milwaukee Avenue) – Stairs to the lake, pavilion, benches, outdoor portable restroom. – Free. Devor Park, Burlington (394 Amanda Street) – Free. Frozen Fairway Skating Rink @ Twin Lakes Country Club (1230 Legion Drive) – Open Friday - Sunday (weather contingent) from 10:00am - 8:00pm.  The cost is $5.00 daily or $20 unlimited. Skate rental is available.  Free skating for all Twin Lakes Country Club Members and Junior Golf Members.  Call 262-877-8500 for more info, or ...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Dumb and The Dedicated

Frozen Babies in the Tundra I was born and raised in Packerland , Titletown ...good' ole Green Bay, Wisconsin.  Okay, well a suburb... Howard.  Same thing, except our schools had their own district.  To say I could've ever became anything but a Packer fan, would just be ridiculous.  It was just part of your life growing up in Green Bay... Packer players lived in your neighborhood and attended your church, I even hung out with Jerry Kramer's son, Dan. (I actually had a bit of a crush on him.  Who didn't? He was hot!) But of course, being a fan runs the gamut of the fair-weathered fan to the "extreme, over-the-top, to the extent that you are just plain stupid" fan. I remember the excitement of Superbowl XXXI back in January of 1997.  I absolutely could not settle for watching the game in Racine (dang, couldn't afford a ticket either), so I ventured back to my hometown.  The day before the big game, I had to go shopping, so I went to Bay Park Squar...
Post a Comment
Read more

Fun 4 U!

C4K  Sponsored by Just Add Kids There is a great (and delicious) way that you can show your support of the Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc.'s Stop Child Abuse and Neglect Program at our fifth annual ice cream tasting FUNdraiser, SCAN's Cones For Kids. Funds raised at the event will help to spread support and expand SCAN's audience base so more children can benefit from the important safety messages. This unique, family friendly event will be held on Wednesday, July, 15 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at the Racine Masonic Center, 1012 Main Street, Racine. Read more... Bring the whole family to sample mini-cones from Racine's favorite ice cream, custard, and gelato shops. Caesar's Frozen Custard, Culver's Restaurant, Georgie Porgie's Burger and Custard Tree Fort, Divino Gelato, and Sugar Shack have all donated unique flavors of ice cream or frozen custard that guests can taste and then vote for their favorite to win the SCAN’s Golden Scoop ...
Post a Comment
Read more