Injuries in the home are preventable…
Nine million children visit an Emergency Room each year due to preventable injuries and 120,000 children are permanently disabled. 70% of those children are under the age of four. If a disease were killing our children at the rate reflected in these statistics, we would be outraged and would demand a cure. Yet, injuries are occurring like a major health epidemic. Some parents and caregivers will think considering child proofing is not necessary. After all, their parents didn’t seem to do anything special and they were raised successfully. But stop and think….how would you feel if you were one of those parents whose child was rushed to the Emergency Room? There is absolutely no greater devastation than losing a child and certainly that devastation is compounded when the loss is due to a preventable accident.