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Everyday objects that can be dangerous for children

Everyday objects that can be dangerous for children

Having a child entails many changes in a person's life, starting for their sleep hours and ending inside his house.Not only does it become more complicated to spend time to order and Feng Shui, but it becomes a need that each stay is to the proof of children, something for which it is not enough to place a little pig on the stairs.

Many objects for everyday use, some even specific to children's users, can lead to great danger to them if very important guidelines are not followed.Therefore, the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality of the Government of Spain has just shared the Children's Product Security Guide, drafted and issued by the European Alliance for Child Safety.It analyzes a total of twenty -six products that could be harmful to the little ones in the house.Some are quite obvious, such as fireworks.Others, on the other hand, are often used calmly, thinking that they cannot become danger in any way.These are some examples.

Chupetes and rattles

Both are objects manufactured exclusively for the use of children.That is why it seems impossible that they can cause any damage.However, even in these cases it is necessary to pay attention to certain factors.In fact, according to the European Injury Database (IDB), in all member states of the European Union they occur each year among children from 0 to 4 years, about 44 cases of injuries caused by pacifiers and 850 with a rattle, all of them withenough gravity to require an emergency visit.

In the case of pacifiers, the greatest danger that they suppose, both one and the other, is the possibility of suffocation, caused in many occasions by the chain that is usually used to hold them.This can be hooked to the bars of the crib or the knob of a door, surrounding or pressing the child's neck, sometimes with fatal results.On the other hand, both these and rattle can cause choking if they are so small that the child introduces them into the mouth and swallow them.

So what should we do to avoid these accidents?To begin with, it is important to verify that the pacifiers are adjusted to the European standard in 1400: 2002 and the rattles at 71-1: 2011.On the other hand, in case of using some type of brooch to hold them, this must fulfill the in 12586: 2011.

Anyway, even if they comply with the regulations, a series of precautionary measures must be followed.The first of these is to verify that the object does not consist of several pieces that can be separated, since the possibilities of choking would increase.In addition, in the case of pacifiers it is important that they are sufficiently solid, so that when they bite them they are not divided into smaller pieces.Likewise, if over time it is observed that its appearance changes, it is importantOn the other hand, it is important not to use chains or strings that can be entangled in the baby's neck, as well as remove any smoothing or small toy from the crib while the baby sleeps.

Finally, in the case of rattle it is recommended to verify that they do not make excessive noise, since they could damage the ear of the children.

Children's pajamas

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Because it may seem, the main problem that pajamas, and children's clothing in general, is their flammability.In fact, only in the United Kingdom annually about 750 injuries caused by accidents in which some garment is burning.Logically, this is a problem that can affect both adults and children, but the latter are much more likely, since it is easier for them to be blocked by panic and do not run away from the presence of fire.Therefore, it is important to take into account a few tips. To begin, any garment must follow the standards in 1103: 2005 and 14878: 2007, both related to textile flammability.

Likewise, it should be verified that they are prepared or covered with igniphed materials.In addition, it is important that it is tight clothes, since it is easier for a flame to reach the tissue if it is not attached to the body.

Anyway, not just fire can cause accidents.It can also be strangled with ties and laces attached to clothes or choking with buttons that can descend from it.That is why it is important to avoid pajamas and garments that contain these elements.

Security doors and barriers

This is one of the most paradoxical cases, since it is an element that is placed at home to avoid accidents, but it is not done properly can generate other types of hazards.

First, it is important to be careful with vintage.This is the typical “accordion” railing that was used in the face of a V -shaped opening and rhombus -shaped bars between the slats.Fortunately, these types of doors are no longer on the market, but can still be found in second -hand or gift stores.The problem they cause is that they can cause strangulations if the child puts the head by the holes.

As in the rest of the cases, there is also a regulation that must comply with any children's security barrier, in this case the 1930: 2011. If the danger is correctly approved, but not quite, since problems can also be generatedFruit of a bad placement.For example, if the door is not fixed on the ground, but leaves a small hole below, the infant can try to put his head and get caught, as with accordion railings.

It is also important to avoid pressure barriers at the top of the stairs.These are the ones that work through a pressure bar that expands, instead of screwed to the wall.In these cases it is easier for them to give to the child's shoves, so falling falls.

As for the distance between bars, it should not exceed 6'5 centimeters.This is a precaution that must be taken in other objects that can carry slats, such as cribs.

Finally, this type of barriers should stop being used once the child exceeds 24 months, since at that time they will have enough skills to climb it and more serious accidents could be caused.

Anders

The walkers, also known as taca taca, are a very precious object by the children who begin to walk, since they give them the stability they need to move without crawling.However, it is an article for the exclusive use of children does not mean that everyone is safe for them, nor that there is no need to continue pre -operation.

In this case, Laeuropean Injury Database (IDB) points to 580 annual lesions caused in children between 0 and 4 years for this reason.But how does it happen exactly?

It is important to keep in mind that the speed of a child, as well as the height they can reach, increases when they are aboard one of these toys.This makes it necessary to start paying attention to the height to which cutting objects or any substance with which they can burn or intoxicate are left.ladders.What can we do then?

To start, when buying a walker it is necessary to verify that it complies with the European standard in 1273: 2005. Attention should also be paid to the measures, both at the height, so that it does not fit through the doors of the house, ofso that the child cannot move from one room to another and is easier to control it.

On the other hand, it must be verified that it has grip methods that allow the caregiver to hold it quickly in case of danger.

Finally, it is very important to take care that dangerous elements are not left up to it, in the same way as if they were walking by itself.

Children's and Laces jewelery

Although it is less and less frequent, many parents make the holes of the ears to their daughters almost nothing more to get home after their birth.

This is a serious mistake, not only because of the sexist connotations that lead to the girls from the boys through two holes in their small ears, but because of the danger that the baby can get into the mouth one of its slopes andchoked with him.

The same happens with the rest of jewelry for children, from pulseritas to pendants and, of course, the famous amber necklaces that some people use to relieve the pain of the output of babies' teeth.It goes without saying that the latter has no foundation and that, of course, it does not work.But the thing goes much further, because it can be wrapped in the children's neck and kill them by drowning.In fact, some sad deaths have already been given for this reason.

Similarly, you can also originate from drowning and similar accidents with clothing laces.In both cases there is no regulations that are worth.No collar or clothes with ropes should not be purchased from children under seven years.From that age, it is recommended that hood ties or located in areas near the neck do not have more than seven and a half centimeters in length, to avoid accidents caused when they are hooked.

As for small jewelry pieces, they should not be used in very young children, since in case of accidental ingestion they can cause drowning.

It is true that sometimes we believe we have a thousand eyes with the children, but it is enough for a moment of disguise so that a tragic accident can be generated.Therefore, it is best to eliminate the dangers from her.Children will be safer and adults much calmer.

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