{"id":10847,"date":"2016-01-10T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=10847"},"modified":"2016-01-10T02:25:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T08:25:01","slug":"u-s-consumer-product-safety-commission-shows-how-quickly-and-silently-children-can-drown-inside-the-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2016\/01\/10\/u-s-consumer-product-safety-commission-shows-how-quickly-and-silently-children-can-drown-inside-the-home\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows how Quickly and Silently Children Can Drown Inside the Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBut I was only gone for a moment\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"U.S.Washington, D.C.<\/strong> – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says every year, nearly 90 children drown inside the home, and two-thirds of these deaths occur in the bathtub. A child can drown in as little as 2 inches of water, and it happens quickly and silently. Every one of these tragedies is preventable.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns consumers about hidden drowning hazards for small children in and around the home. Too many deaths are associated with common household products.<\/p>\n

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For example:<\/h3>\n
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  • About two-thirds of the drowning deaths in the home, not including pools, occur in bathtubs. Some of these bathtub drowning deaths happened when children were in bath seats or rings.<\/li>\n
  • 5-gallon buckets, often used for household chores, pose a serious threat to toddlers. Their tall, straight sides combined with their stability make it nearly impossible for top-heavy infants to free themselves when they topple in headfirst.<\/li>\n
  • Toilets are often overlooked as a drowning hazard in the home. The typical scenario involves a child under 3-years-old falling headfirst into the toilet.<\/li>\n
  • Spas and hot tubs pose another drowning hazard. A solar cover can allow children to slip into the water while the cover appears to stay in place, hiding the child.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Childhood drowning deaths also occur in other containers with liquids, including pails, coolers, sinks, fish tanks and landscape ponds.<\/p>\n

    CPSC offers these safety tips to help prevent children from drowning in and around the home.<\/p>\n

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    • NEVER leave a baby alone, or with young siblings, in a bathtub even for a second. Always keep baby within arm\u2019s reach. Children can drown quickly and silently.<\/li>\n
    • Keep the toilet lid down, and keep young children out of the bathroom when unsupervised. Consider placing a latch on the bathroom door
      \nout of reach of young children.<\/li>\n
    • Be sure all containers with liquids are emptied immediately after use. Do not leave empty containers in yards or around the house where they may accumulate water and attract young children.<\/li>\n
    • Always secure the safety cover on your spa or hot tub.<\/li>\n
    • Learn CPR — cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It can be a lifesaver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      \u201cBut I was only gone for a moment\u2026\u201d Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says every year, nearly 90 children drown inside the home, and two-thirds of these deaths occur in the bathtub. A child can drown in as little as 2 inches of water, and it happens quickly and silently. Every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1576,3089,628,10657,10658,3950,571,3338],"class_list":["post-10847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-child-drowning","tag-cpr","tag-cpsc","tag-drowning-hazard","tag-hot-tub","tag-swimming-pool","tag-u-s-consumer-product-safety-commission","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10848,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10847\/revisions\/10848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}