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• Steps
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Wherever you live - in your own home, apartment or co-op apartment building - potential domestic injuries and accidents await around every corner. In the United States alone, it is estimated that more than 11,000 people die each year in their homes from accidental injuries as a result of falls, fires, drowning or poisoning. By making your home safer, you can prevent domestic injuries and accidents.

Steps

1. 1 Prevent falls.
   • Install lights at the bottom and top of the stairs. Be sure to install a railing.
   • Install handrails on the bathroom wall next to the bathtub and place an anti-slip mat in the bathtub and shower.
   • Install safety gates in hazardous areas if there are small children in the home.
   • Use rugs with a non-slip backing.
   • Wipe up any liquid spilled on the floor immediately.
   • Pick up unwanted items from stairs and floors. Remove obstruction, debris, or obstacles of any kind that could create a potential risk of falling.
   • Repair the damaged rungs of the stairs. Repair torn carpet, loose planks, and uneven steps.
   • Clear snow and ice from paths and driveways.
2. 2 Reduce potential fire damage.
   • Install smoke detectors on every floor of your home, including the basement, and check them once a year.
   • Do not place flammable objects on or near the stove.
   • Create a fire escape plan, then practice the plan with your family at least twice a year.
   • Learn to use a fire extinguisher.
   • When cooking on the stove, turn the handles of pots and pans away from you.
   • Don't leave the kitchen while cooking.
   • Prohibit smoking in the house.
3. 3 Minimize the possibility of drowning.
   • Supervise young children when they are in the bathtub or near water.
   • Teach children to follow the rules for safe behavior in the water and rules for using the pool. Make them use floating life-saving appliances until they can swim confidently.
   • Empty shallow children's pools, buckets, and other containers when not in use.
   • Learn to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Victims are much more likely to survive if they receive CPR before an ambulance arrives, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
   • Build a four-sided, fully enclosed and lockable fence around all pools.
   • Remove all toys after using the pool so that they do not attract the attention of young children.
4. 4 Minimize the possibility of poisoning.
   • Install carbon monoxide (carbon monoxide) detectors close to the floor on every floor of your home to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.
   • Ventilate rooms after using cleaning products and chemicals.
   • Keep all chemicals, medicines and cleaning products out of the reach of children.
   • Dispose of properly all expired medicines.
   • Remove all loose paint and lead paint from your home.
   • Make sure all gas appliances are installed and serviced by professionals.

Tips

• Always keep your phone close at hand in case of a fall.
• Slide in drawers after use, close cabinet doors and doors.
• If you can control the temperature of the hot water, set the regulator to 50 ° C to prevent scalding.
• Keep a list of emergency numbers in a prominent place. List poison control phone numbers, doctors, friends, and family.
• Switch off all electronic devices and unplug from the outlet before leaving the house.
• Install a night light in your nursery or nursing room to prevent falls at night.