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Unintentional injuries
Accidents, also called unintentional injuries, are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, and account for one of every four people treated in an emergency department.
Safety rules for preventing unintentional injuries
Supervise all children's activities, especially swimming.
Install safety devices in your home, such as smoke detectors, hand rails, and fire extinguishers.
Develop a fire escape route and plan, and make sure each family member knows what to do in case of emergency.
Wear appropriate safety equipment at home, work, or play.
Always insist that all passengers are wearing seat belts, and that children are restrained in car seats properly.
Read and understand the labels on medications and food products.
Store medications and potential poisons in a safe place, away from children.
Keep a well-stocked first-aid kit at home, work, and in the car.
Keep a list of emergency numbers in your home, business, and place of play, including the police, fire department, poison control center, local emergency service (if different than 911), local hospital, and family doctor.
2000 children die every day as a result of unintentional injuries
The 2008 World Report on Child Injury Prevention provides the first comprehensive global assessment of childhood unintentional injuries.
Acording to this document more than 2000 children die every day as a result of an unintentional, or accidental injury.
The report finds that the top five causes of injury deaths are:
- Road crashes: They kill 260 000 children a year and injure about 10 million. They are the leading cause of death among 10-19 year olds and a leading cause of child disability.
- Drowning: It kills more than 175 000 children a year. Every year, up to 3 million children survive a drowning incident. Due to brain damage in some survivors, non-fatal drowning has the highest average lifetime health and economic impact of any injury type.
- Burns: Fire-related burns kill nearly 96 000 children a year and the death rate is eleven times higher in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries.
- Falls: Nearly 47 000 children fall to their deaths every year, but hundreds of thousands more sustain less serious injuries from a fall.
- Poisoning: More than 45 000 children die each year from unintended poisoning.
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