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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 1 7/7/2017 2 Pediatric Emergency and Intensive care unit NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA, Multispecialty hospital ,Bangalore. 7/7/2017 3 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. 7/7/2017 4 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. 7/7/2017 5 Poisoning Into the Wild & Burns Choking Hazards Home & Backyard Water Bodies Games They Play Road, Traffic and Vehicles 7/7/2017 6 Threat of Danger + Safety plan + Vulnerable child _ Protective capacity + Safety plan = 7/7/2017 “Safe Child” 7 …“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!!! 7/7/2017 8