With so many new holiday toys, decorations and gadgets, don’t forget to keep battery safety in mind! It’s the little things like this that can make a big difference. Coin-sized button batteries can cause serious injuries to children if ingested. Don’t know what items contain button batteries? Thankfully there’s a site to help you.
This picture is so scary to me because I know how easy this can happen. Even at 4 and 6, my children still have a horrible habit of putting things like bottle caps in their mouths.
Did you know?
- It only takes about two hours for a button battery to cause serious burns in a child’s esophagus
- In 2010, more than 3,400 children ingested button batteries
- The number of cases of children swallowing batteries has more than quadrupled in the past five years
- Symptoms of coin-sized button battery ingestion may be similar to other childhood illnesses, such as coughing, drooling and discomfort
- Button batteries can be found in a wide variety of unexpected objects, including:
- o Singing or talking greeting cards or books
- o Flameless candles
- o Small remote controls (MP3 player, DVD player)
- o Car keys
- o Bathroom scales
- o Calculators
Safe Kids Worldwide and Energizer formed “The Battery Controlled” by Safe Kids and provides easy steps parents and caregivers can take to prevent injuries and deaths to children.
- Keep button batteries and devices that use them out of reach if the battery compartments aren’t secure.
- If a child swallows a battery, go to the emergency room right away.
- Tell others about this hidden danger and share these steps.
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