Burn Treatment Center: Awareness and prevention
Toddlers--from one to three years
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- Never leave children unattended in kitchen while food
is cooking.
- Never allow a child to stand on chair near the stove
while you are cooking.
- Never leave hot iron unattended on ironing
board.
- Never store snacks on/above stove, children may try
to get them.
- Never leave cigarettes, matches, lighters, etc., in
reach of children.
- Never store flammable items on stovetop.
- Never allow electrical appliances in or near
bathtub.
- Never leave a child alone in the house.
- Install functioning smoke alarms in/near bedrooms,
check monthly, change batteries twice/year.
- Establish a three-foot "No Zone" around all hot
appliances: stove, fireplace, barbecue, heaters,
etc.
- Do not allow young children to pour or handles hot
liquids or food.
- Do no tallow children to play with pots and pans,
they cannot tell when they are hot or not.
- Do not use tablecloths; children can pull hot foods,
candles, potpourri, etc. onto them.
- Always have shoes on your child when outside; hot
sidewalks/sand, cigarettes, campfires, etc. can cause
burns.
- Store chemicals/cleaners in original containers and
out of reach or locked up. Never store in pop bottlers or
other "drink type containers".
- Install safety plugs in all unused outlets.
- Use button/knob covers for stove.
- Always keep cooking utensil handles turned to the
back to stove, use back burners to cook.
- Coil/use short electrical cords, do not allow them to
dangle.
- Keep water heater temperature at 120 degrees F.
- Run cool tub first, then add warm until desired
temperature.
- Monitor while taking a bath. Do not leave alone.
- Always use sunscreen, (at least 30 SPF) when outside,
even on cloudy days.
- Use safety decals on bottom of tub, to prevent
falls.
- Do not keep flammable liquids in your home.
- Use only cool mist vaporizers, keep safe distance
from bed/crib.
- Use space heaters with auto shut off for accidental
tip over.
- Always dress in non-flammable sleepwear.
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