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A Primer on Summer Safety

Information for consumers related to prevention and treatment of potential summer health issues. Topics include sunburn, bites from mosquitoes and ticks, bee stings, heat illness, burns form fireworks and grills, foodborne illness, poison oak, poison ...

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/304_summer.html

Healthy Habits for Safe Kids

This document provides child safety tips for parents, many of which apply to summer safety issues. Topics include disaster planning, fire safety, choking, falls, drowning, burns and shock hazards, firearm safety, riding in cars, and playground, water ...

http://www.acep.org/uploadedFiles/ACEP/patientsAndConsumers/HealthCampaigns/HealthyHabitsForSafeKids_English.pdf

CPSC Warns: Summer Fun Brings More Emergency Room Visits

This 2002 press release provides summer safety tips for consumers. Includes links to safety fact sheets for biking, skating, skateboarding, all-terrain vehicles, swimming pools, charcoal grills, gas grills, home playgrounds, baseball-related injuries ...

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02182.html

Home Safety Council

This nonprofit organization is a "leading source for home safety tips, checklists and information about home fire safety, falls prevention, poison prevention, water safety, child safety, disaster preparedness as well as many other home safety to ...

http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/

Dry Ice Safety

"Dry Ice is frozen carbon dioxide. Unlike most solids, it does not melt into a liquid, but instead changes directly into a gas. This process is called sublimation." This site describes safety precautions for using dry ice, such as not touch ...

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/vef/kids/dryice.php

Pool and Spa Safety Publications

Collection of fact sheets and safety alerts about pool and spa safety topics, including prevention of drowning deaths, hair entrapment in drain covers, supervision of children at pools, and safety barriers for home pools. Some material available in S ...

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/chdrown.html

Physiotherapy Facts: Gardening

This information sheet provides tips for avoiding injuries while gardening. Discusses posture, assistance and comfort tools (such as wheelbarrows and knee pads), avoiding stress and strain (including pacing yourself), and related ideas. Includes a fe ...

http://www.physiotherapy.ca/PublicUploads/222460SMARTGardening.pdf

National Safe Boating Council

The mission of this organization is "to enhance the safety of the recreational boating experience through education and outreach." The site features background about the organization and its activities, such as National Safe Boating Week in ...

http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org

Have a Healthy Super Bowl Party

This publication features health and safety tips for Super Bowl party hosts, covering food, alcohol, exercise, staying warm, and accident prevention. Includes links to several related fact sheets on topics such as activity-induced injuries, impaired ...

http://www.cdc.gov/men/superbowl/

Children's Health Topics: Car Safety Seats and Transportation Safety

Brochures and fact sheets on child transportation safety topics, such as booster seats, airbags, seat belts, restraint use in aircraft, children in pickup trucks, car safety seats for children with special needs, and school bus transportation. Includ ...

http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/carseatsafety.cfm

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