Preventing Falls
These resources are from sources you can trust to provide accurate information:
- Tip Sheet – This Tip Sheet is a summary of the Module and can be used to review the content. Also print The Tip Sheet to use as a guide for speaking points if you are asked to talk to adults about preventing falls:
- Preventing Child Window Falls – IMPORTANT for Firefighters:
- Child Window Fall Facts for Fire Departments
- Preventing Child Window Falls handouts:
- Handouts for parents - Print the following playground resources for parents and care givers in your community:
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Home Playground Safety Checklist Tri-Fold Brochure (print landscape & 2-sided)
- CPSC Shopping Cart Safety Alert
- This CPSC Outdoor Home Playground Safety Handbook (15 pages) provides detail information:
- Handouts for Older Adults – Print the following resources for older adults and care givers:
- CPSC Neighborhood Safety Network Older Consumers Fall Prevention (print landscape)
- Preventing Falls - Fire Safety Solutions for Older Adults from OSU
- Learn More with the links in the Learn More About Preventing Falls resource document:
Preventing Drowning
These resources are from sources you can trust to provide accurate information:
- Tip Sheet – This Tip Sheet is a summary of the Module and can be used to review the content. Also print The Tip Sheet to use as a guide for speaking points if you are asked to talk to adults about preventing drowning:
- Handouts for parents, caregivers and anyone with a pool or hot tub from the American Red Cross:
- Your Pool, Your Family’s Safety
- Your Pool, Your Family’s Safety (Spanish)
- Prevent Child In-Home Drowning Deaths
- Tips for Safety In and Around Water (door hanger)
- Safety Barrier Guidelines for Pools (20 page booklet)
- How to Plan for the Unexpected, Prevent Child Drownings (4 page publication)
- U. S. Coast Guard Boating Safety Division Brochure:
- Learn More with the links in the Learn More About Preventing Drownings resource document:
Preventing Poisoning
- Tip Sheet – This Tip Sheet is a summary of the Module and can be used to review the content.
Also print The Tip Sheet to use as a guide for speaking points if you are asked to talk to adults about preventing poisoning: - Preventing Poisonings Tip Sheet from the Essentials of CRR Course Developers
- Additional instructional resources to use when you teach about preventing poisonings:
- Handouts for parents:
- American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) Laundry Packet Position statement
- AAPCC Laundry Packet Fact Sheet
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Disposal Infographic (print landscape)
- FDA Medicines for Disposal by Flushing
- Handout for older adults:
- Learn More with the links in the Learn More About Preventing Poisonings resource document:
Preventing Suffocation and Choking
These resources are from sources you can trust to provide accurate information:
- Tip Sheet – This Tip Sheet is a summary of the Module and can be used to review the content.
Also print The Tip Sheet to use as a guide for speaking points if you are asked to talk to adults about preventing suffocation and choking: - Handout for parents:
- SafeKids Sleep Safety – “Everything you need to know to keep your kids safe while sleeping”
- CPSC Safer Cribs
- Learn More with the links in the Learn More About Preventing Suffocation and Choking resource document:
