FROM
FROM SEVENTY TO TWENTY FIVE JUST UNDER TWENTY MINUTES ERICA THANK YOU.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PUT AWAY
AND LOCK UP DANGEROUS HOUSEHOLD
ITEMS WE ALL KNOW KIDS CAN FIND
AND GET INTO THINGS THAT AREN'T
SUPPOSED TO BUTTON BATTERY
INGESTION CAN CAUSE SOME VERY
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS CAN EVEN
BE FATAL AT TIMES.
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO
HAS SEEN FIVE CASES OF IT
ALREADY THIS YEAR.
DR. ROBERT KRAMER OF CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL COLORADO JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING, DR. KRAMER.
GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
SO THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHILD
SWALLOWS A BUTTON BATTERY?
WELL, A LOT DEPENDS UPON HOW
BIG THE BATTERY IS AND HOW
YOUNG THE CHILD IS AND WHERE
THE WHERE THE BATTERY ENDS UP
IF IT ENDS UP STICKING IN
THE ESOPHAGUS, THE SWALLOWING
TUBE, IT CAUSES REALLY A
CHEMICAL INJURY TO THAT LINING
TISSUE AND THAT CAN ERODE
THROUGH THE WALL OF THE
ESOPHAGUS AND GET INTO SOME
REALLY VITAL STRUCTURES.
MOST WORRISOME IS IF IT GOES
INTO THE AORTA, THE LARGEST
BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BODY AND
THAT CAN LEAD AGAIN TO
UNFORTUNATELY FATAL INJURY.
SO VERY DANGEROUS.
WHAT SHOULD PARENTS DO IF THEY
THINK THEIR CHILD HAS SWALLOWED
A BUTTON BATTERY?
YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME NEW
NEWER DATA NOW THAT ALLOWS
US TO GIVE SOME GUIDELINES
ACTUALLY IF YOU THINK YOUR
CHILD HAS A LOT OF BATTERY AND
IT IS IT COULD POTENTIALLY
NEVER STOP BECAUSE PARENTS CAN
GIVE THEIR CHILD HONEY TEN
MILLILITERS THAT WOULD BE TWO
TEASPOONS OF HONEY EVERY TEN
MINUTES UNTIL THEY GET THEIR
CHILD TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM TO
WEAR MORE DEFINITIVE
INVESTIGATIONS BE DONE TO SEE
WHERE THE BATTERY IS AND THEN
IMMEDIATELY WORK TOWARDS
REMOVING THE BATTERY.
BUT THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
SHOWN TO TO DECREASE THE INJURY
TO THAT LINING TISSUE AND BUY
US SOME MORE TIME AS THAT
INJURY OCCURS.
WHY IS THAT?
IS IT BECAUSE IT COATS IT OR
SOMETHING LIKE NATURE OF IT
WILL COAT AND DISPERSE SOME
OF THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE THAT
THE BATTERY IS IS PRODUCING AND
SO IT SEEMS TO SLOW THE AMOUNT
OF INJURY THAT OCCURS AND
DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
THE INJURY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE WALL OF THE
ESOPHAGUS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS
HAVE ALREADY SEEN FIVE CASES
OF THIS ALREADY THIS YEAR.
IS THAT MORE THAN NORMAL OR IS
THAT ABOUT AVERAGE NOW WE SEEM
TO BE SEEING AN UPTICK SO IN
THE LAST IN TWENTY NINETEEN WE
HAD ABOUT SEVEN EMERGENCY ROOM
VISITS THROUGH THE COURSE
OF THE YEAR THEN IN TWENTY
TWENTY THAT HAD DOUBLED TO
FOURTEEN AND NOW WE'VE SEEN
FIVE SO FAR AND TWENTY TWENTY
ONE SO I SUSPECT I DON'T HAVE
DATA FOR SURE BUT THAT WITH
COVID-19 PEOPLE ARE SPENDING
MORE TIME AT HOME THIS IS THEIR
ENVIRONMENTS AS YOU SAY WE
REALLY NEED TO THINK I WANT ALL
PARENTS TO ESPECIALLY CHILDREN
UNDER SIX TO THINK ABOUT HOW
MANY BATTERIES DO I HAVE IN
MY HOME AND WHERE ARE THEY?
MY CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO
THESE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST IN YOUR
BATTERY DRAWER.
DO YOU HAVE THESE LARGE BUTTON
BATTERIES BUT HOW MANY OF THESE
SMALL REMOTE CONTROLS THAT'S
ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF THESE
BATTERY INJURIES WHERE WE KNOW
THE SOURCE OF THE BATTERIES
HAVE COME FROM REMOTE CONTROLS
AND THESE ARE VERY EASY
UNFORTUNATELY FOR CHILDREN TO
OPEN.
SO I REALLY WANT PARENTS TO
TAKE STOCK OF HOW MANY
BATTERIES THEY HAVE IN THEIR
HOME AND WHERE ARE THEY?
IT'S SO TRUE.
I MEAN KIDS ACT SO FAST.
IT'S CRAZY.
YOU CAN TURN YOUR EYE FOR ONE
SECOND AND THINGS CAN HAPPEN
AND ALSO YOU A LOT OF KIDS WILL
GRAB THEIR PARENTS KEYS AND
EVEN THE KEY FOBS HAVE THOSE IN
THEM NOW.
YEAH, SMALL LIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN
IMPROVEMENT AND I THINK IN
THE TOY INDUSTRY WHERE THEY'RE
TRYING TO SECURE BATTERY
COMPARTMENTS BUT IN THINGS THAT
AREN'T MEANT FOR CHILDREN BUT
OBVIOUSLY CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS
TO ALL THE TIME THEY THEY CAN
GET THESE BATTERIES AND IT
DOESN'T TAKE LONG.
YOU KNOW, CHILDREN ESPECIALLY
TODDLERS EXPLORE THEIR
ENVIRONMENT WITH THEIR MOUSE
AND SO THESE THINGS INEVITABLY
GET INTO THEIR MOUTHS AND AGAIN
UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN HAVE
DEADLY