By Hayley Malan December 15, 2015 After the tragic death of a two-year-old boy who choked on a grape in Pizza Hut, guidance has been re-issued on how to act when a child has something stuck in their throat. Between the ages of one to five, children often put objects in their mouth which is…
By Associated Press November 20, 2017 | 12:36pm | Updated State Court of Fulton County Attorney Joseph Fried filed suit Wednesday for Rebecca and Michael Holt of Charlotte, North Carolina, whose son Charlie died April 14. “What started out as the best family trip, turned into the worst nightmare,” Rebecca Holt said in a statement emailed by Fried. They…
Posted by NCL staff – December, 2009 A few days before Thanksgiving in a small Virginia town called Poquoson, Frank Gornik, 14, was removing storm debris for his uncle’s company. The boy, a freshman in high school, fed branches into a wood chipper. He used a shovel to help force the branches and that shovel was…
For many people the question of safety and swimming pools will be the number one concern when considering installing a pool or buying a house with a pool. On average over 3500 people per year drown in the USA and approximately half of those happen in swimming pools. That is the equivalent of almost five…
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Holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day draw swimmers to Lake Lanier in Flowery Branch. AJC FILE PHOTO 2016 (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) As we kick off summer, the message from water safety experts is not to stay out of water, but to learn the lifesaving skill of swimming, and to take steps for vigilant…
Go to: http://heatkills.org/the-facts/the-facts-about-leaving-dogs-in-hot-cars/ See source data for this graphic, from San Francisco State University, at: http://ggweather.com/heat/ Quotes by experts “Children have died in cars with the temperature as low as 63 degrees. Basically the car becomes a greenhouse. At 70 degrees on a sunny day, after a half hour, the temperature inside a car is…
Think Twice Before You Dive Dr. Richard Siegel Warren, New Jersey DON’T BECOME QUADRIPLEGIC!! Summer comes, and again we orthopaedic surgeons see patients who dive into shallow water, fracture (break) their necks (cervical spines) and are paralyzed! Many must be pulled from the water because they can’t move their arms or legs, and have difficulty…
Trips to the beach aren’t always fun in the sun. Plan your summer beach visit with the following safety tips in mind. Rip Currents Rip currents account for more than 80 percent of rescues performed by surf beach lifeguards. They are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore that quickly pull swimmers out to…