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ROTECT you and your family from scalds and burns in the home.
Volunteer Opportunities – Glasgow City Centre
Advice Direct Scotland is a charity that provides free advice and information by telephone, email and web chat to the people of Scotland.
• We are seeking volunteers who want to gain valuable training on customer service, call
handling as well as employment, benefits, debt and housing issues.
• You must be willing to commit to a minimum of 6 hours per week in return for this training.
Over 70% of those who volunteer with us move on to substantive paid employment in advice or contact centre sectors.
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www.gha.org.uk
Most scalds and burns happen in the kitchen and bathroom. Young children and older people are most at risk – but everyone should follow our simple advice. Hot drinks cause most scalds to children under five – but hot bath water causes the highest number of severe scalding injuries among young kids. That’s why you should never leave young children alone in the bathroom. Also, when you’re running a bath, turn the cold water on first and always test the water temperature with your elbow.
The kitchen is where some of the most serious home accidents occur.
Follow this advice:
• Use an electric deep-fat fryer rather than a chip pan. Fill your pan a third full and keep an eye on it
• Use a coiled flex or a cordless kettle
• Always use rear hotplates and turn the panhandles away from the front of the cooker
• If you have kids under five, keep them out of the kitchen whenever possible.
Here are some more pointers:
• Never hold a hot drink and a child at the same time
• Put hot drinks out of reach and away from the edge of the table
Scald prevention packs
AS PART of our campaign to help people stay safe at home, we want to do what we can to help prevent scalding injuries. Older tenants and young kids are most at risk of scalds.
GHA will either be installing a thermostatic mixer valve (TMV) in homes where there are adults over 75 or children under five, or servicing the existing one. TMVs, which are fitted below the bath, mix hot
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