First Aid & Safety tips for parents


Safe as Houses Did you know that over one million children attend casualty departments every year? By following some simple safety rules, you can help reduce the chance of accidents. Remember that babies are naturally inquisitive creatures (and that’s how you want them to be!) so it makes sense to baby and toddler proof your home.


• Fit safety gates on stairs and window restrictors on low windows


• Lock medicines away, well out of sight and reach


• Ensure all fires have a fireguard in front of them


• Keep all cosmetics and perfumes safely away as some are poisonous


• Fit child resistant catches to cleaning products cupboards


• Tidy plastic bags out of reach


• Clear the floor of small objects a child could choke on


Further Information can be found on the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) website www.rospa.com


Carbon Monoxide Young children are particularly vulnerable to the silent, invisible and odourless gas that can leak out from faulty gas appliances. Carbon Monoxide poisoning can be fatal so it’s important that all gas appliances are regularly checked and maintained.


Smoke Alarms Fires are one of the leading causes of death in the home, so installing a smoke alarm should be top of your list to protect you new baby as well as other members of the family. RoSPA can give advice on the best alarms to fit (and some fire services offer a free service).


First Aid It’s also a good idea for all parents to refresh their first aid knowledge. Locally based courses run by British Red Cross can help www.redcrossfirstaidtraining.co.uk


A wonderful charity, bringing joy through music...


essie’s Fund is a small registered charity based in York which helps children with serious illnesses and special needs to communicate through music. The majority of the children helped by Jessie’s Fund find speaking very difficult, or even impossible. Much of the work is with children in hospices, where music therapy can significantly enhance the quality of the precious time available. In special schools Jessie’s Fund runs Soundtracks, a programme of creative music projects which enable children to participate, express themselves, and achieve beyond all expectations. Established in memory of a musical little girl from York, the charity helps children and young people all over the UK.


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For more information, or to support their unique work, visit Jessie’s Fund at www.jessiesfund.org.uk, call 01904 658189, or write to Jessie’s Fund, 15 Priory St, York YO1 6ET.


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