Safety: MedlinePlus

Safety: MedlinePlus

National Safety Month

June is National Safety Month. Take some time to reduce the number of hazards you may encounter in your every day life and make a plan for when an emergency arises.  

• Keep emergency phone numbers where you can locate them quickly
• Make a first aid kit for your home
• Make a family emergency plan
• Install and maintain smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors
• Keep guns unloaded and locked up. Lock up the ammunition separately.
• Childproof your house

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

• Staying safe at home

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Safety

Also called: Accident prevention

     

Summary

You can't remove all the safety hazards from your life, but you can reduce them. To avoid many major hazards and prepare for emergencies

• Keep emergency phone numbers by your telephones
• Make a first aid kit for your home
• Make a family emergency plan
• Install and maintain smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors
• Keep guns unloaded and locked up. Lock up the ammunition separately.
• Follow the directions carefully when using tools or equipment

Young children are especially at risk. Supervision is the best way to keep them safe. Childproofing the house can also help.

Learn More

• American Red Cross Also in Spanish
• Child Safety: MedlinePlus Health Topic  (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
• Gardening Health and Safety Tips (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Home Electrical Safety Checklist (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - PDF
• Home Safety (Safe Kids Worldwide)
• Older Consumers Safety Test (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• Safety for Older Consumers: Home Safety Checklist (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - PDF
• Woods and Camping Safety for the Whole Family (Nemours Foundation)

Journal ArticlesReferences and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: US FDA rules manufacturers to stop selling mesh devices. 
• Article: Alemtuzumab to be restricted pending review, says EMA. 
• Article: Hypertension Hot Potato - Anatomy of the Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker Recalls. 
• Safety -- see more articles 
• Home safety -- see more articles 

Patient Handouts

• Staying safe at home (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish