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CHILD SAFETY- A New Public Health Problem!!!
Dr Chetan G
7/7/2017
Head - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit,
Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore
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Pediatric Emergency and Intensive care unit
NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA, Multispecialty hospital ,Bangalore.
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Magnitude of the Problem !
• Worldwide, accidental injury kills more than
2,000 children each and every day.
• 75 – 90 % of these tragedies could be avoided
through better safety awareness and
prevention.
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Basically because they are too young;
mentally and physically to take care of their
own safety.
Also, they cannot understand danger due to
lack of insight.
They can understand only short crisp
instructions. For e.g. ‘STOP’ or ‘NO’. Long
Instructions not comprehendible.
Children suffer from tunnel vision. They
have a poor judgment of speed, distance
and timing.
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Poisoning
Into the
Wild &
Burns
Choking
Hazards
Home &
Backyard
Water
Bodies
Games
They Play
Road,
Traffic
and
Vehicles
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Threat of Danger + Safety plan
+
Vulnerable child
_
Protective capacity + Safety plan
=
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“Safe Child”
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…“I
admire you for what you are today and respect you for
what you will be tomorrow”…
Let us all pledge the future generations a safer today!!!
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