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- Bites and stings
- Child safety
- Dealing with illness
- Dehydration and heat
- Dental health
Child safety
Follow the links below to more information about safety relevant to kids' and teens' health.
A safe home: simple precautions
Many accidents at home could be avoided with basic accident prevention, home safety and first-aid knowledge.
Accidental poisoning
Children's curiosity can lead to danger, such as unintentional poisoning.
Baby sling warning after death of newborn
Death of a baby carried in a sling carrier has prompted doctors to warn that babies in slings should have their heads facing outwards and faces uncovered.
Burns
Burns are serious injuries that can cause permanent skin damage. Ugly scars can result. Children, having more sensitive skin than adults, are particularly at risk of burns due to scalding from hot liquid - common examples being in the bath and by the kitc
Burns: children at risk from hair straighteners
Increasing numbers of children are suffering contact burns caused by hair-straightening devices, Australian experts say.
Burns: how to treat
A burn is an injury to the body's tissue resulting from heat, chemicals, electricity or sunlight. Read about first aid for burns.
Caffeine poisoning rises due to energy drinks
Alarming rise in caffeine poisoning cases leads Australian researchers to call for better labelling of caffeinated energy drinks.
Check your first aid kit for essentials
According to a Newspoll survey conducted in 2002, only a quarter of all Australians have all the necessary products in their first aid cabinets to treat minor injuries.
Child safety in the home
The home can be a hazardous place for young children. leading to injury and even death. Read these tips to improve your home's safety and avoid accidents.
Child safety: preventing choking and suffocation
Find out how to reduce the risk of your child choking or suffocating.
Child safety: preventing drowning
The most important thing you can do to prevent children from drowning is to watch them closely.
Child safety: preventing falls
Some falls are part of growing up for children, while others can be serious.
Child safety: preventing poisoning
In Australia, about 50 children a week are admitted to hospital because of poisoning.
Child safety: preventing scalds
Even a small scald can lead to hospitalisation and scarring for a child.
Child sexual assault: protecting your child
Child sexual assault: how to help protect your child; signs of child sexual assault; and what to do if you suspect child sexual assault.
Children and their backpacks
Physiotherapists are concerned about school children incorrectly carrying heavy loads in their backpacks. Read how to make backpack use safer for children.
Detergent danger for young children
Laundry and dishwasher detergent capsules are attractive to young children but contain potentially fatal solvent which can cause damage to lungs.
Diving accidents
Diving into shallow water can cause spinal cord injuries leading to paraplegia, tetraplegia (quadriplegia) or death.
Holiday hazards: quick tips
Quick tips to see you through the hazards of summer, whether you holiday at home or overseas!
Mobile phone cancer link in doubt
Mobile phones don't raise brain cancer risk, according to study of 360,000 Danish mobile phone subscribers over 18 years.
Mobile phone safety in doubt
Many studies of mobile phones and brain tumour risk were flawed, with low levels of phone use and short follow-up, health experts say.
Mobile phone use linked with increased brain cell activity
Exposure to radiation from a mobile phone increases glucose breakdown in areas of the brain closest to the phone antenna, a study shows.
Seat belts
Tragedies can be avoided by the correct use of seat belts, child restraints and baby restraints.
Splinter removal
Some splinters are serious and should be removed by a medical professional.
Swallowing multiple magnets a danger
Swallowed magnets can cause problems in the gut or elsewhere if 2 or more magnets make their way to opposite sides of bodily tissue and then attract each other.
Toddler injury risk from baby bottles
Toddlers are injured by their bottles, training cups and dummies at surprisingly high rates, a study shows.
Water safety
Here are some tips for playing it safe in the water.
Many accidents at home could be avoided with basic accident prevention, home safety and first-aid knowledge.
Accidental poisoning
Children's curiosity can lead to danger, such as unintentional poisoning.
Baby sling warning after death of newborn
Death of a baby carried in a sling carrier has prompted doctors to warn that babies in slings should have their heads facing outwards and faces uncovered.
Burns
Burns are serious injuries that can cause permanent skin damage. Ugly scars can result. Children, having more sensitive skin than adults, are particularly at risk of burns due to scalding from hot liquid - common examples being in the bath and by the kitc
Burns: children at risk from hair straighteners
Increasing numbers of children are suffering contact burns caused by hair-straightening devices, Australian experts say.
Burns: how to treat
A burn is an injury to the body's tissue resulting from heat, chemicals, electricity or sunlight. Read about first aid for burns.
Caffeine poisoning rises due to energy drinks
Alarming rise in caffeine poisoning cases leads Australian researchers to call for better labelling of caffeinated energy drinks.
Check your first aid kit for essentials
According to a Newspoll survey conducted in 2002, only a quarter of all Australians have all the necessary products in their first aid cabinets to treat minor injuries.
Child safety in the home
The home can be a hazardous place for young children. leading to injury and even death. Read these tips to improve your home's safety and avoid accidents.
Child safety: preventing choking and suffocation
Find out how to reduce the risk of your child choking or suffocating.
Child safety: preventing drowning
The most important thing you can do to prevent children from drowning is to watch them closely.
Child safety: preventing falls
Some falls are part of growing up for children, while others can be serious.
Child safety: preventing poisoning
In Australia, about 50 children a week are admitted to hospital because of poisoning.
Child safety: preventing scalds
Even a small scald can lead to hospitalisation and scarring for a child.
Child sexual assault: protecting your child
Child sexual assault: how to help protect your child; signs of child sexual assault; and what to do if you suspect child sexual assault.
Children and their backpacks
Physiotherapists are concerned about school children incorrectly carrying heavy loads in their backpacks. Read how to make backpack use safer for children.
Detergent danger for young children
Laundry and dishwasher detergent capsules are attractive to young children but contain potentially fatal solvent which can cause damage to lungs.
Diving accidents
Diving into shallow water can cause spinal cord injuries leading to paraplegia, tetraplegia (quadriplegia) or death.
Holiday hazards: quick tips
Quick tips to see you through the hazards of summer, whether you holiday at home or overseas!
Mobile phone cancer link in doubt
Mobile phones don't raise brain cancer risk, according to study of 360,000 Danish mobile phone subscribers over 18 years.
Mobile phone safety in doubt
Many studies of mobile phones and brain tumour risk were flawed, with low levels of phone use and short follow-up, health experts say.
Mobile phone use linked with increased brain cell activity
Exposure to radiation from a mobile phone increases glucose breakdown in areas of the brain closest to the phone antenna, a study shows.
Seat belts
Tragedies can be avoided by the correct use of seat belts, child restraints and baby restraints.
Splinter removal
Some splinters are serious and should be removed by a medical professional.
Swallowing multiple magnets a danger
Swallowed magnets can cause problems in the gut or elsewhere if 2 or more magnets make their way to opposite sides of bodily tissue and then attract each other.
Toddler injury risk from baby bottles
Toddlers are injured by their bottles, training cups and dummies at surprisingly high rates, a study shows.
Water safety
Here are some tips for playing it safe in the water.
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