{"id":1896,"date":"2020-10-08T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2020-10-08T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:27:44","slug":"safety-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/2020\/10\/08\/safety-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Please see below for update from the <\/em><em>Child Accident Prevention Trust<\/em><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><em>\u201cHe swallowed the &#8216;flat&#8217; battery when it was being replaced with a new one. We removed it within 3-4 hours but he had a nasty burn of his oesophagus.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8211;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Consultant gastroenterologist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"708\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>We could be forgiven for thinking that, when a product no longer works, the lithium coin cell battery that was powering it is flat and no longer poses a risk to children.\u00a0 But, as we have discovered, that\u2019s not the case at all.<\/p>\n<p>The dead or \u2018flat\u2019 battery you\u2019ve just thrown into the recycling pot in the kitchen drawer can still do significant damage if a child swallows it and it gets stuck in their food pipe.\u00a0 Many accidents happen without an adult knowing and with a child too young to tell them.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, batteries haven\u2019t been detected for weeks.\u00a0 A scary prospect.\u00a0Happily, the solution is very simple as long as families know there is a danger.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Will you take a moment to share this simple message with the families you work with?<\/p>\n<p>We know the latest lockdown advice will impact how much you can do with and for families. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve put together a range of digital resources that are simple to use and share, however you may be working.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capt.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f1346f3ff5a62d47baae512fa&amp;id=cd2fdd6dc8&amp;e=d05c4fb488\"><strong>Read our article<\/strong><\/a> to find out more. It\u2019s a great way to get up-to-speed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capt.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f1346f3ff5a62d47baae512fa&amp;id=9e54a3e4af&amp;e=d05c4fb488\"><strong>Follow this link<\/strong><\/a> to the free, easy-to-use, shareable content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capt.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f1346f3ff5a62d47baae512fa&amp;id=5c53ef43c3&amp;e=d05c4fb488\"><strong>Share this email<\/strong><\/a> with colleagues so they can benefit from the insight and resources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Here at the Child Accident Prevention Trust, we are committed to bringing you resources and support to make preventing serious injuries one less thing to worry about.\u00a0 Do keep telling us what\u2019s most useful for your families and we\u2019ll do our best to help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The CAPT team<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see below for update from the Child Accident Prevention Trust \u201cHe swallowed the &#8216;flat&#8217; battery when it was being replaced with a new one. We removed it within 3-4 hours but he had a nasty burn of his oesophagus.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0Consultant gastroenterologist We could be forgiven for thinking that, when a product no longer works, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/2020\/10\/08\/safety-at-home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Safety at home<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/McCready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}