Suffocation Prevention: How to Keep Your Child Safe While Sleeping
While most parents focus on making an infant’s crib cute and cozy, their biggest priority should be making it safe. In the United States, unintentional suffocation is the leading cause of injury death among infants less than one year of age. According the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 80 percent of these 1,000 annual deaths are linked to unsafe sleeping environments that didn’t allow infants to breathe properly. To ensure your infant rests safely, ther
The Dangers of Drowning and 5 Tips To Reduce the Risk
With a number of drowning deaths reported along the New Jersey coast this summer, beach safety should be on everyone’s minds as they visit the Garden State’s shores. Many of these accidents were the result of swimmers getting sucked out by rip currents, which are strong, narrow channels of quick-moving water that can reportedly move faster than an Olympic swimmer. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2005 and 2014 there were an average of
