Child Safe : A Practical Guide for Preventing Childhood Injuries by Mark A., M.D. Brandenburg Officially Endorsed by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine For ages: Infants to Age 14 Paperback - 228 pages Published by Three Rivers Pr Publication date: March 28, 2000 Dimensions (in inches): 0.66 x 9.22 x 7.40 ISBN: 060980412X Order This Book

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This up-to-date and very practical safety book is must-have for families. It is divided into age-specific sections that clearly show parents what they need to know and do to protect their children. It points out common, but often unknown hazards. The author speaks from extensive experience and the book is filled with examples and statistics to illustrate key points.

Topics covered are automobiles, bunk beds, carbon monoxide, child abuse, daycare centers and babysitters, dog bites, farms, firearms, home fires, holidays, lawn mowers, lead poisoning, playgrounds, product recalls, sports and recreation and toys. The second section is broken out by these age categories: infants, toddlers/preschoolers and school-age children.

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All you need to know to keep kids safe:

• Age-specific recommendations for creating a child-safe home
• Hidden hazards that children have a knack for finding
• The most comprehensive product-recall guide available
• Potential dangers at home, at school, on the playground, and in the car
• Suggestions for creating an emergency plan.

Everyone who has children knows just how easily they can get hurt. Each year, for example, approximately 9000 infants suffer injuries related to their high chairs. Thousand more are poisoned by common household substances. In total, more than 25 million children are injured annually, and more than 12,000 kids under the age of 14 succumb to their injuries. What makes these incidents even more tragic is that they can be prevented - if only parents knew how.

Well, now they will. Written by an emergency physician, Child Safe is a practical parenting book that will help keep babies and young children out of trouble. It will help parents recognize the dangers to kids and provide concrete ways of preventing specific injuries.

Child Safeis the most complete, organized, and parent-friendly child-safety book ever written for the general public. It addresses the most pressing safety-issues from birth to age 14, issues that change dramatically as a child grows up. This invaluable guide for parents, grandparents, teachers, childcare workers, and baby-sitters has the information to prevent millions of childhood injuries. Dr. Mark Brandenburg, with his years of experience, shows how to keep your "child safe".

About Mark Brandenburg, M.D.

Mark Brandenburg, M.D is a full-time emergency physician at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. The Trauma Emergency Center at St. Francis is the busiest emergency department in Oklahoma, with nearly 70,000 patient visits each year, and serves as the regional trauma center for children. Dr. Brandenburg's commitment to child-injury prevention has been well recognized by the state of Oklahoma and by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.