Deadly Danger Warning In And Around The Home For Parents And Children
Blind Cord & Drowning Danger Awareness For Parents & Children
Warning! Corded blinds can kill a child in minutes!
Window Blinds Strangulation Risk
Yes that is a fact; A child nearly every week is killed by this often unnoticed hazard in many houses when children are playing unsupervised!
Window Blinds Strangulation Risk
Older blinds, old stock, and old installations (at the grandparents house maybe, uncle, aunt, brother, sister, even your own!) may have this danger.
New installations have usually been thought out more carefully!
Please do not panic if you can at all help it should this happen to you. This article is to primarily raise awareness of this danger.
Although this is a highly shocking, and harrowing experience, please do your utmost immediately, regain your senses and act immediately, decisively, and safely, to maximise the chance of survival of your child.
If a child is entangled by the neck area, every second counts in getting them free and establishing a clear airway, and unrestricted circulation of blood to the brain.
If unable to loosen the cords, cut them carefully with scissors, or a sharp knife pulled in a direction away from you, and the child to avoid any further injury. Take care doing this!
Administer first aid immediately, as soon as they are freed from the cord(s), and get help if someone is present to call for an ambulance right away; but do not neglect the immediate first aid that is required, as every second counts in getting your child’s airway and circulation clear!
If you are on your own, use the phone to call for help, while still also administering first aid at the same time, without pausing if the child is unconscious or not breathing.
Mouth to mouth and/or CPR are imperative aids to use if the child isn’t breathing on his/her own, to maximise the chances of them getting through this and alive and without brain damage.
Keep the first aid going until the ambulance crew arrive and take over.
Be vigilant, and very careful. Do not leave your children unsupervised if in doubt, and get something done! Now!
Warning Blind Cord Strangulation Risk
Warning Blind Cord Strangulation Risk
Below from the BBC…“Blind cord safety campaign starts”
“The parents of a toddler who died after becoming entangled in a window blind cord are backing a safety campaign highlighting their dangers.
Two-year-old Muireann McLaughlin died at her home in Menstrie after falling into a looped cord while waving goodbye to her grandmother in February 2008.
The accident prompted a sheriff to call for looped blind cords to be banned.
Her parents are now backing a national leaflet campaign being launched at Wishaw General Hospital.
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, Angus McLaughlin said the moment he found his daughter was “like a vision from hell”.
His wife Katie added: “As with most parents we had covered locks, stair gates all the obvious things. When we had the blind fitted we’d gone to a well-known local company, we wanted a quality service, we wanted a made to measure blind. It never occurred to us it could be dangerous.”
The McLaughlinssaid: “We do not want what happened to us to happen to anyone else and strongly urge people to remove the kind of blinds with cords and replace with non-corded products.”
The “Make it Safe!” campaign will see leaflets and cleats – used to secure cords – distributed to thousands of households.
Raising awareness
Community Safety Minister Fergus Ewing said it was a sad fact that many people were unaware of the dangers to children from free-hanging blind cords.
He added: “It is therefore imperative that we do what we can to raise awareness of the dangers and help prevent other families from facing the kind of anguish experienced by Muireann’s parents.
“By telling people, especially parents, about the risks they can decide what they need to do to reduce those risks to their children.”
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa) in Scotland said about two children die every year in the UK because they get tangled in blind cords.
Some babies have been accidentally strangled by cords hanging into their cots.
Jennifer Henderson, Rospa Scotland’s home safety officer, said: “With blinds already fitted in so many homes, it is important to raise awareness of the danger and how these accidents can be prevented.
“Rospa is also continuing to work with the blind industry, government and standards bodies at a UK and European level to seek modifications to the design of blinds.””
End of quote.
Drowning danger another Summer, and holiday vacation hazard for children – be aware and vigilant!
…Especially during the summer… keep your eyes on your children, and watch where they are going to play…
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This longish video below, also highlights different dangers posed to children. There are hundreds of deaths each year from unforeseen drowning accidents in and around the home, as well as in lakes, ponds and swimming pools.
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Quoting below from the daily post…
“Child drowns on holiday in Florida”
By Richard Down, Daily Post…
“A FAMILY has been devastated by the accidental drowning of a toddler in a Florida pool.
Two-year-old Thomas Edwards from Llandegla, Denbighshire, was found face down in a pool during a family holiday in the USA.
Jane Duley, the youngster’s godmother told the Daily Post last night that parents Wendy and Martin had been traumatised by the tragic death.
The couple, who own bespoke kitchen and furniture makers Tegla, based in Llandegla, were enjoying a break in the sunshine resort of Davenport, Florida, when the disaster struck.
Initial police reports, which have been retracted by Polk County Sheriff’s office, suggested Thomas was left in the pool with one of his two brothers.
Speaking last night from Florida, which is five hours behind the UK, a police spokeswoman said that further investigation by detectives had ruled that out.
She said: “We’ve now had the autopsy and confirmed that this was accidental drowning.
“The family had all got out of the pool and gone inside and changed into dry clothing and were all done playing in the pool.
“At some time later the two-year-old was found in the pool.
“The family are extremely distressed as you might imagine.”
Staff at the Tegla showroom yesterday said they felt very concerned for the entire family which includes a 14-year-old boy and seven-year-old boy.
The death, last Friday, has made headlines in Florida papers but the inaccuracies in initial reports based on police statements are understood to have hurt the Edwards’ family.
It is not known when they will fly back to the UK.”
End of quote.
Thanks for reading this very important article!
I hope this has helped to raise awareness, and has helped at least someone!
And don’t forget to administer important first aid, and call for help at the same time!
Mark Lawton
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