HOW CLOSE ARE YOU?
ARE THEY WEARING MASKS?
IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER.
VERY GOOD INFORMATION.
MORE TIME AT HOME DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
WE KNOW THAT HOME, OF
COURSE, AS WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT, CAN BE ONE OF THE SAFEST
PLACES.
THE INJURIES TO KIDS HAPPEN.
SO THERE IS A NEW NATIONAL
EFFORT TO KEEP KIDS SAFE.
EVER NATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION
DAY TODAY AND JOINING US FROM
CHILDREN'S MINNESOTA IS DR.
ANDREW WITH SOME ADVICE ON WHAT
YOU MIGHT SEE OUT THERE TODAY
AND WHY YOU MIGHT SEE MORE OF
THE COLOR GROWN.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, HEATHER.
REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE
WITH YOU.
SO THE FIRST EVER DAY
DEDICATED TO INJURY PREVENTION.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH WHY IS
GIVE US A PERSPECTIVE.
SO INJURIES ARE REALLY THE
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR
CHILDREN OVER AGE ONE.
AND WE FEEL IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
FACTOR.
PEOPLE ARE USUALLY VERY WORRIED
ABOUT ILLNESSES LIKE CANCER AND
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES THAT CAN
PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN THE
HOSPITAL.
BUT WHAT CAN ALSO PUT THEIR
CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL AND IS
MORE LIKELY TO KILL THEM ARE
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT KINDS
OF INJURIES YOU ARE SEEING?
IT IS INTERESTING.
WITH COVID-19, WITH A LOT OF
CHILDREN BEING STUCK AT HOME,
WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN INJURIES DUE TO
BIKES, SKATEBOARDS, AN INCREASE
IN INJURIES FROM ATVS, AN
INCREASE IN INJURIES FROM DOG
BITES, PET BITES, BECAUSE KIDS
ARE AT HOME.
AND BURNS?
YES ALMOST A 30% INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN GETTING
BURNED.
ONE OF THE POINTS OF THIS
DAY THAT IS COMING OUT IS THE
COLOR GREEN.
EXPLAIN TO US WHAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, IF PEOPLE
SO YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE ARE DOING ACROSS THE
NATION, WE ARE JOINING WITH
OVER 40 OTHER INJURY PREVENTION
SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND WE ARE SHINING, WE HAVE
ASKED DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO SHINE THE LIGHT
GREEN ON DIFFERENT LANDMARKS.
HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES, THAT
IS GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN
MINNEAPOLIS, THE MALL.
AND IN ST. PAUL ALLIANCE FIELD
IS GOING TO BE LIT GREEN.
GREEN SIGNIFIES SAFETY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT COLORS OSHA PUTS OUT
THERE, RED IS DANGER, YELLOW IS
CAUTION, GREEN IS THE COLOR OF
SAFETY.
DOCTOR, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
BEST PIECES OF ADVICE YOU HAVE
FOR PARENTS TO PREVENT SOME OF
THESE INJURIES AT THEIR HOMES?
SO A LOT HAS TO DO WITH JUST
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
CHILDREN.
AND I KNOW, IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT.
WE ARE ALL COOPED UP IN THE
HOME, WE ARE DOING ZOOM
CONFERENCES, ZOOM WORK, AND THE
KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND AND IT
IS CRAZY.
BUT KEEPING AN EYE ON KIDS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT THEY ARE
DOING, IF YOU HAVE FURNITURE,
ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW IT IS
GETTING TO THE SEASON WHERE OUR
FURNACES ARE GOING TO BE
KICKING IN.
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SMOKE
AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS
ARE WORKING.
GOING YOU KNOW, GET ON YOUR
HANDS AND KNEES WITH YOUR
LITTLE ONE-YEAR-OLD WHO IS
KINDS OF TROUBLE THEY CAN GET
INTO.
MAKE SURE YOU PUT AWAY AND LOCK
AWAY MEDICATIONS, AND THINGS
THAT KIDS CAN PUT IN THEIR
MOUTHS LIKE THE TIDE POD, THE
DISHWASHER PODS, WHICH LOOK
FOR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
9:20.
A LIVE LOOK AT THE MINNEAPOLIS