Safe Kids Blog

Blog: Marylanders: Support Legislation Requiring Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Schools

Posted by: Anthony Green at Jan 31, 2012 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Advocacy, Education

As Safe Kids' Director of Public Policy, I follow the legislative action going on around carbon monoxide poisoning. This is a very active issue, both on the federal and state level. On the state level, Safe Kids is supporting a Maryland law that would require carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings.

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Blog: Watch, Learn, Take Action

Posted by: Lindsay Hansen at Jan 27, 2012 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

This past week, I was fortunate enough to attend a prescreening by CNN's  Dr.Sanjay Gupta.  The film, "Big Hits, Broken Dreams,"  casts a spotlight on a critical issue in youth sports today—concussions.  The CNN documentary airs this Sunday night, January 29th at 8:00 p.m. ET

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Blog: President Obama: Invest in Protecting Our Children

Posted by: Anthony Green at Jan 25, 2012 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Advocacy, Education

Last night, President Barack Obama delivered his third State of the Union address. While most of the speech was dedicated to our economic and national security, he also talked about the importance of protecting American children

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The Silent Killer—Carbon Monoxide Poisoning—More Deadly in Winter

Posted by: Kate Carr at Jan 20, 2012 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Advocacy, Education

The Weather Channel reports: Heavy snow moved into the Chicago metro area at noon on Friday, and accumulated very quickly thanks to the cold, arctic air mass in place. The temperature in the Windy City hovered between 18 and 29.

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Blog: Winter Sports Safety

Posted by: Lindsay Hansen at Jan 17, 2012 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

Hot chocolate, sledding, snowmen, icicles, snowball fights—oh, to be a kid again! If we as adults harnessed just a fraction of the sheer anticipation, enthusiasm, and delight that children have for the winter season, winter would come and go much more quickly, for us adults. .

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Blog: One Drowning is One Too Many

Posted by: Kate Carr at Jan 17, 2012 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

According to a recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the hospitalization rate of children under the age of 19 due to drowning has declined 49 percent.  This is great progress, but when you consider that nearly 100 percent of all drowning are preventable, it begs the question: how do we reduce the number of drownings to zero?

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Blog: New Information on Liquid Acetaminophen Dosages

Posted by: Angela Mickalide at Jan 06, 2012 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

When one of my friends has a sick child, I always urge her to carefully read the instructions on the medication packaging.  Now that the Food and Drug Administration has announced that a wider variety of concentrations of liquid acetaminophen is available, this is even more critical. 

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Blog: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning -- A Hidden Hazard in Your Home

Posted by: Angela Mickalide at Dec 29, 2011 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

During a mid-1990s Safe Kids leadership conference, every staff member received a free, new safety device to keep their families safer at home -- a carbon monoxide (CO) detector. In a matter of a few months, five reported that the alarm had sounded due to the presence of this invisible and odorless gas in their own homes.

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Blog: Day Three of CPS Training in Abu Dhabi

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Dec 14, 2011 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

Greetings from Abu Dhabi! Kerry Chausmer, Alexis Kagiliery and I just finished Day Three with this class of truly devoted advocates. This class “gets it”- even though English is not their first language and they are struggling with some of our words like frayed, slack and conventional.

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Blog: Teaching Child Passenger Safety in the UAE

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Dec 13, 2011 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

Kerry Chausmer, Alexis Kagiliery and I are in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates teaching a child passenger safety certification course to a group of 15 child advocates. Some work in health districts or schools as nurses and administrators, others are police officers, one is a physician, a general nurse, a retailer and a driving school owner who certifies all drivers in Abu Dhabi.

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Blog: Tech Savvy

Posted by: Kerry Chausmer at Dec 07, 2011 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

With the holidays quickly approaching, now is the time to make final arrangements for vacations and travel.  As a CPS Technician, I get asked all kinds of questions about the safest way to travel.  I always tell caregivers that being tech savvy is more than just the latest gadgets, it's also knowing best practices for keeping your child safe while riding on a plane, train, in a car or any other form of transportation!

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Blog: Home Safety > Stay Warm Safely this Winter

Posted by: Angela Mickalide at Dec 01, 2011 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Safety Tips

Whether you curl up in front of the fireplace or turn on a space heater to stay warm this winter, be sure to follow the safety and maintenance instructions for all home heating appliances.This will help to prevent fires, burns and carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Blog: Completing the National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training Program

Posted by: Katherine Collins at Nov 18, 2011 12:00 AM CST

Keywords: Education

How can there possibly be enough to learn about child passenger car seats to fill a 3-day class? I often wondered about that until this past weekend when I completed the National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training Program.

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Blog: Countdown2Drive

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Oct 20, 2011 12:00 AM CDT

Keywords: Education

It’s been an interesting week at Safe Kids Buckle Up! It’s National Teen Driving Awareness Week and we don’t usually get involved in teen driving issues. This year is different though, because of the Safe Kids Countdown2Drive campaign.

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Blog: October is Fire Prevention Month

Posted by: Candice Ahwah-Gonzalez at Oct 17, 2011 12:00 AM CDT

Keywords: Education, Parents, Safety Tips

Now that fall is here and winter is approaching, fire safety is a “hot” topic. October is Fire Prevention Month here at Safe Kids and last week communities across the country held events for National Fire Prevention Week.

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Blog:Safe Kids Has News

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Sep 24, 2011 12:00 AM CDT

Keywords: Education

I am excited to report that Safe Kids USA has released a new study of 79,000 car seats inspected over a one year period in 2009-2010. We looked at some of the things many people get wrong when they install a car seat for their child..

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Blog: 25 Years and Still Going Strong

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Sep 23, 2011 12:00 AM CDT

Keywords: Education

I feel lucky to be involved in yet another Child Passenger Safety Week. This is my 25th celebration! It is a time when the nation’s 34,000 car seat technicians rally around the issue, especially on Seat Check Saturday (September 24), when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) encourages us to offer car seat checkup events in our communities on the same day..

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Blog: You Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Sep 22, 2011 12:00 AM CDT

Keywords: Education

Twenty-five years ago I was a new full time seat belt user. Working for the PA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, it was a requirement and just months before my kids had shamed me into using my seat belt. I was always careful about their safety but was casual about my own. It would have been hard at the time to find an employer who was more encouraging and eager for me to learn all there was to know about child passenger safety.

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Blog: I Love Kids

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Sep 21, 2011 12:00 AM CDT

Keywords: Education

This is National Child Passenger Safety Week and I am always looking for ways to get the word out about protecting children in and around cars. This year I am really focused on children who die not in car crashes but somewhere in or near cars..

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Blog: The Only Thing That Stays the Same is Change

Posted by: Lorrie Walker at Sep 20, 2011 12:00 AM CDT

Keywords: Education

I am trying to stop using the term “infant seat” as the carriers with bases can now hold children well beyond infancy. I am amazed at how much car seats have changed. They are bigger and heavier and hold older, bigger and heavier children some even up to 40 pounds.

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