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Preventing Common Childhood Injuries During the School Season
With fall underway and children back at school, however, different perils arise. There are more cars on the road when school begins, which translates into more car accidents. There is also the potential for injuries related to school bus accidents and injuries caused by bicycle accidents to children who ride to school.
December 08, 2011 /Law and Legal PR News/ -- Preventing Common Childhood Injuries During the School Season
Injuries account for many childhood emergency room admissions, with the leading cause of childhood injury being falls. Unfortunately, tragic events such as drowning, suffocation and home injuries, including deaths caused by fire, firearms, choking and poisoning, also occur far too often. Yet many of these injuries are preventable. A parent at home can actively protect a child by child-proofing the home, setting rules and boundaries for older children and otherwise using common-sense care and planning.
With fall underway and children back at school, however, different perils arise. There are more cars on the road when school begins, which translates into more car accidents. There is also the potential for injuries related to school bus accidents and injuries caused by bicycle accidents to children who ride to school.
Playground accidents may result in injuries, and injuries may be sustained from accidents related to participating in school sports activities or physical education class.
Safety Tips: Getting to School and on the Playground
Parents can follow safety tips that can help reduce the risk of some of these injuries. First, parents should make car safety a priority. This means keeping a child in a booster or convertible car seat until the child is 4 feet 9 inches tall and making children younger than age 12 ride in the backseat. All children should always be secured with either a five-point harness (for children less than 40 pounds) or a seat belt with a shoulder strap.
For bus safety, children should be told:
-To pay attention when getting on and off the bus
-To make sure the driver can see them at all times
-To wait for the bus to stop completely before getting on or off
-To wait to cross in front of the bus until the driver says it's okay
Children should also know that once they board the bus, they should remain in their seats at all times to lessen the chance of a serious injury in the event of a crash.
To reduce the chance of a fall or injury on a school playground or daycare, parents should make sure the playground equipment at their child's school is well maintained and that children are supervised while they are playing on it.
While car and bus safety can help to prevent injuries, and ensuring that your child's school or daycare have proper equipment lessens the risk of injury, an accident can still be devastating. If your child has been injured in an accident, you should contact an experienced personal injury attorney. A lawyer can advise you on possible claims to help with medical bills, your child's pain and suffering and to obtain justice for the negligence or faulty equipment that caused your child's injury.
Article provided by Mukerji Law Firm PC
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