4 common accidents in young children and how to handle them

Young children are very curious, active, love to run and play around. Therefore, no matter how carefully you take precautions, the risk of your child getting into common accidents is very great.

The surrounding environment always contains many dangers for young children. Meanwhile, the children are extremely curious, love to explore, like to run and climb around. Therefore, children will be very prone to accidents.

To protect your child, in addition to taking preventive measures, you should also know some necessary first aid ways to know how to handle if the child accidentally has an accident. Please join aFamilyToday Health to continue to share the following to get some more useful information.

Young children are very active, even many children are so playful that people are always sweating, hands and feet are always covered with mud, scratches, bruises due to falls. In fact, during a child's growing up, these things are inevitable and you do not need to overburden them because they need to learn to measure risks.

However, from time to time, a child can experience serious trauma. If handled not in time, these injuries can cause negative effects on the child's development in the future. Here are some common and dangerous accidents that you should know how to take first aid:

1. Asphyxiation caused by foreign bodies in the respiratory tract

The situation of a child choking on a respiratory tract is not uncommon and can lead to death. Young children love to put objects in their mouths, especially small objects that are easy to swallow such as coins, small toys, crayons, pen caps, batteries, safety pins, hairpins, buttons, coins ...

If you find that your child has swallowed an object, you need to be calm, never use your hand to pick up the child's throat because this will make the object go deeper into the airway.

Parents need to do?

If your child is only swallowing a small object and she can still respond with simple sounds, tap the back, shoulder blades hard to push the object out. Do this about 5 times.

If your child has severe choking , you can give first aid to the child according to Hemlich therapy. Stand behind the baby, put your hands in front of the hips, placed in front of the epigastric region, the hands are on top of each other, let the baby's back lean against your chest, then squeeze the baby's epigastric region in waves (squeeze 4-5 pieces / time ) to push the object out.

If you are not confident enough to do this or the two methods do not work, get your child to a medical facility immediately.

Prevention:

Keep small, sharp objects and all batteries out of the reach of children.

Cut food into small pieces. With seed fruits such as longan, litchi, rambutan ... you should separate the seeds before feeding them.

Watch children while eating, especially children under 5 years old.

Do not encourage older children to eat with young children, do not let them laugh when they eat ...

2. Burns (burns)

Causes of burns are varied, but most of them are burns with boiling water, fire, burns from iron, electric shock, burns of the motorcycle exhaust or reaching into the electrical outlet ... When your baby is burned, you need to go ahead. Take basic management steps to avoid aggravating the wound:

Wash or soak the child's burn in cool water (16-20 ° C) or flush or leave the burned area under running water as soon as possible for a period of 20 minutes.

If the burn is caused by chemicals, wash under clean running water to loosen and dilute the amount of chemicals on the skin, then seek medical attention at medical facilities.

Do not use cold water or ice water to cool your child's skin as this can damage the tissue and make the wound heal longer.

Absolutely do not apply toothpaste, fish sauce, white wine or unknown herbal medicines to the burn because it will irritate the damaged skin and make the burn worse.

If the child has a burn to the eye, mouth or genitals, immediately take the child to the nearest medical facility, even if the child is only slightly burned. If the burn is larger than 1 hand, blisters or is accompanied by fever, the mother should also treat the same.

Prevention:

Check the temperature of the bottle and food before feeding or feeding your baby.

Do not let children bathe themselves with hot and cold running water.

Do not drink hot drinks or handle hot water while holding your baby.

Keep items that cause burns such as boiling water, thermos, matchboxes, lighters neatly on high, out of reach of children.

When cooking, it is necessary to let the pans and pans turn inside, to avoid accidentally not looking for children and causing burns.

After cooking, hot boiling dishes should be kept away and high, out of reach of children.

Do not let children play or play in the cooking area.

3. Broken bone accident

Young children love to run, play, sometimes due to being engrossed in play, not paying attention easily lead to falls, causing impact and can cause the baby to fracture (bone condition appears a crack or break). This trauma is not uncommon in young children, however, the child's bones are quite flexible and develop better than those in adults, so recovery is also faster. When your child shows signs of a fracture, parents need:

Let your child sit or lie down. Do not try to move the child too much.

Apply a cold compress to the wound to relieve the pain until the child is treated by the doctor

Use a splint and bandage to fix the injured area.

If the injured area swells or hurts to touch or move, the child most likely has a fracture.

Take your baby to the hospital as soon as possible.

Prevention:

For young children, adults must always keep an eye on them when they eat, sleep and play.

Balustrades and stairs must have fences or guard bars, steps and stairs are well-lit, easy to walk, not wet or slippery. In case stairs are made of slippery materials, you should use anti-slip ladder tape to limit the risk.

Teach children not to push each other, not climb, and not play dangerous games.

If your baby has grown up, you need knowledge on first aid management and prevention of common accidents for children.

4. Neck, shoulder and back injuries

Wearing very heavy bags will affect the gait of school-age children. In fact, the ideal backpack weight for children to follow at school should be less than 10% of their baby's body weight but this rule is rarely done so many children face spinal injuries, scoliosis. live . In addition, children are also at risk of neck and back injuries from sports activities or when playing with friends.

Parents need to do?

If your child has pain in the upper back, neck or shoulders, apply ice and use pain ointment.

If your baby has persistent pain, seek medical attention to determine the specific condition.

State of chronic low back pain due to spinal problems may require continuous treatment for a long time and cost a lot of costs.

Prevention:

Choose the right pairs for children, control the number of books, school supplies ... that your child brings every day to avoid the bag being too heavy.

Teach children safety measures to avoid injury while playing sports

Remind your child not to play dangerous games.

Young children are very active, always running and jumping everywhere, if you ignore it for even 1 minute, accidents can happen at any time. If your child accidentally falls into one of the four common accidents mentioned above, you also do not need to be too confused, panic, calm down and recall the information that aFamilyToday Health has shared to take timely measures. time.