Health & Safety |
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All About Fever
Fever is a symptom and not a diagnosis or a medical condition. The most common cause of a fever in children is an infection; mostly viral but in some cases a bacterial. One of the challenges in evaluating...
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Baby proofing your home - an added layer of protection
Ahh - the pitter patter of tiny feet racing across the floor is music to a new parent's ear. The question is, is the music a beautiful rendition...
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Camping and Fire Safety
Campfire burns accounted for 68% of recreational burns treated at Alberta Firefighters’ burn units. Be extremely careful with your children when you are camping. It is very easy for a child to fall into a...
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Fire Prevention Safety Tips for the Home
Check your kitchen, living room, bedroom, basement and attic, garage and workshop Kitchen: Use a temperature-controlled electric skillet or deep-fryer for frying. Never leave cooking unattended. Use...
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Food Safety Tips for Bagged and Boxed Lunches
You need to be careful when you make and store lunches for school or work. Follow these tips to keep your food safe. Keep it clean...
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Home Alone Safety Checklist
Telephone List important numbers beside each telephone and/or program them in. Equip your phone with an answering device or service so it can take messages. Buy a phone with caller I.D. Tell...
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Household child safety check-list
Born to Love offers these tips on making your home safer for your little one(s). Print it off and take a walk through your house. Living Room: [ ] Unused Electric Outlets: Shield them from baby's...
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How do you score on kids' safety? Mark yourself with the Safe Kids Canada Report
Despite a drop in injury rates over the past 10 years, unintentional injury, such as car crashes, drowning, or threats to breathing, remains by...
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Key to water safety is 'within arm's reach'
Summer in Canada is synonymous with water play and unfortunately that can spell disaster. Almost 500 Canadians die every year in water-related...
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More Bicycle Safety - Helmets
Over 90 per cent of children age six to 16 ride bicycles. Children start cycling as play when they are very young. As they grow older and become more experienced, the transition from toy to transportation is...
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Pedestrian Safety
Did You Know? Approximately 115 children die each year due to pedestrian injuries. Close to 1,800 Canadian children and youths are hospitalized each year due to pedestrian injuries. 5-9 year olds...
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Pedestrian Safety - Why Kids Lack Good Judgement
Children under the age of nine - generally speaking - don't have the ability to make safe judgments about traffic because they aren't...
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Backyard Pool Safety
On May 17, a pool owner's nightmare came true. My sons Max and Alex, and their friend Gaby were getting ready for a dip in our pool. Five-year-old Gabriel, who just moved across the street asked if he too could...
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Safety - Preventing Hot Water Scalds
There are many dangers inside the home.. one you may not have thought of, is the hot water that comes from your taps. In fact there are thousands of scalding injuries each year in Canada and hundreds of people...
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Safety Tips for the Holidays
The Christmas Tree Get a tree that is freshly cut. It will stay green longer and be less of a fire hazard. Always test for freshness before buying. A tree with high moisture content is safer. Very few...
