Children are particularly susceptible to accidents of life, including functional, aesthetic or psychomotor are sometimes serious. Each year 12 to 15% of children are victims of an accident occurring at home, at school or during leisure activities. Especially during early childhood (between 1 and 5 years) and entry into adolescence (10 to 14 years) they are most frequent. There is also that there are more accidents within the home and outside. The kitchen in particular appears as the centerpiece of all the dangers ...
Prevention is therefore essential to reduce the frequency and severity of accidental injuries. It depends largely on health education, not only the child but also the entire family. Know identify risks and take adequate measures to help prevent a tragedy.

Beware of falling!

Any fall greater than the size of the child is potentially dangerous.
Never leave your baby's eyes when he is on the table and put your phone on answering machine.
Watch your child when in a high chair.
Do not a trotter or a seat deck on a table.
If the child is under 6 years, do not lie in bed height.
Once the child walking alone or is about to do, exploring the environment at risk of falling. Install safety barriers to prevent access to a staircase, a balcony or a window.

Burns: attention to the kitchen

A quarter of people burned each year has less than 5 years. Risk situations include: projections of hot liquid, contact with water too hot, burns from hot appliances (irons, electric hob, oven door, etc..), Not to mention the burns electricity.
Be aware your child as soon as possible to the sensation of extreme heat.
Do not exceed the line pots and pans to the outside.
Never in its scope matches or lighters.
Prevent it from approaching the door of the oven, electric plates or iron.
Do not drink hot drinks when you hold your child in your arms.
Unplug appliances when you have finished using them.
Avoid electrical outlets beyond. Use plug covers.

Poisoning: monitor household products and medicines

The packaging of household products, medicines or cosmetics have often shapes and colors for the child. Some plants, apartment or the garden (philodendron, ficus, dieffenbachia, mushrooms ...) are dangerous if you bring them to the mouth. The risks of poisoning are numerous and therefore require radical measures.
Regarding drugs, do not be too much inventory and place them in a closet still closed and in an elevated position.
The same recommendation applies to household products should be avoided to store under the sink. Do not store these products next to food bottles. Avoid keeping caustic in the kitchen. If necessary, ask brackets security automatic doors on closet. Do not transfer a powder, liquid or gel in another package.
Place the plants flat out of reach of children.

The choking threaten the very young

In general, children swallow tablets whole so that they fall under the main ... They learned to chew only gradually. Attention so if the food passes into the windpipe instead of going into the esophagus. These accidents are obviously choking emergencies and must be called immediately or call the SAMU.
It is an attempt to know about, called maneuver Hemlich, when total suffocation of the child because of a foreign body stuck in the throat: it must be placed behind the child and give strong support to the Using his hands on her abdominal area between the chest and navel. This maneuver, to be repeated several times, is to violently expel the air from his lungs.

A few simple precautions can prevent these tragedies:
Do not olives, cherry tomatoes, peanuts, pistachios, cashews, etc.. To a child under 4 years old who can not chew. Attention also to pieces of bread, meat or candy wholesale.
Do not let a child play with a sponge in a bath. He may want to eat.
Do not haul plastic bags. The child may choke.
Do not give it to a small child toys that are broken into small pieces.

Drowning, the leading cause of accidental death in children under 5 years

A child can drown in the sea, swimming pool, but also in his bath. A few seconds of inattention is enough. Only the constant supervision of an adult can prevent this type of accident, especially as the child is young.
We must equip all small buoys and other floating devices. Never leave alone at the beach or the pool, and even on foot.
Put your phone on voice mail and will not open the door when the child is in his bath. You can also put an anti-slip mats in the bathtub.
Learn as soon as possible to your child to put his head under water holding his breath.
If you have a pool, do access when you're out and surround it with a fence of protection or a fixed barrier.

Injuries affect the hands

Whether it is a wound caused by a sharp instrument or crushed fingers in a door, the hands of children are particularly vulnerable.
Give scissors with rounded tips to your children for their divisions.
Keep cutters, knives and other sharp instruments out of their reach.
Teach them to handle gently hammer and saw, as soon as they age, they avoid this latest accident.

Some recommendations in the event of an accident

Precautions are essential, but do not always prevent the occurrence of an accident. In this case, the first recommendation is to not panic, because this might aggravate the situation. If possible, first remove the cause of the problem (object, liquid household cleaners, aperitifs biscuits, etc.)..
In case of poisoning, do not make the child vomit or to drink anything without medical advice. Do not give especially milk is not a poison. If the child is unconscious, place in the safety position: lying on its side.
Watch the child while calling in a medical emergency, firefighters (18), Samu (15), the Smur or Poison Control Center. They will give you advice appropriate pending the arrival of relief.