Safety & First Aid

Information on how to protect your children from everyday hazards, and how to respond to medical emergencies...

Topics

• Aboriginal - sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
• Aboriginal - we all need to feel safe and secure
• Babies in hot weather
• Babies' dummies – safety alert
• Baby bath aids – safety alert
• Baby walkers
• Bed bugs
• Bee Stings (see: Bites and stings)
• Bites and stings
• Body piercing
• Bunk beds
• Burns
• Car safety restraints
• Child abuse
• Child safety
• Choking
• Choking on food - easy read
• Co-sleeping (see: Sleeping with your baby)
• Computer security
• Cot Safety (see: Safe sleep for babies and toddlers)
• Cots
• Cuts, grazes and bruises
• Cyber bullying
• Dogs and kids
• Drowning prevention (see: Water safety)
• Drugs and parenting (see: Parents on drugs)
• Drugs and teenagers (see: Teenagers and drugs)
• Ear and body piercing (see: Body piercing)
• Falls (see: Head injuries)
• Farm safety
• First Aid (see: Cuts, grazes and bruises)
• Food safety Updated
• Foreign objects (see: Swallowed objects)
• Head injuries
• Healthy swimming in pools
• Home alone
• Home safety
• Hygiene
• Inhaled Objects (see: Choking)
• Insect Bites and Stings (see: Bites and stings)
• Lead poisoning
• Learn or burn - campfire safety
• Mosquito bites
• Never shake a baby
• Paedophiles (see: Protect your child from pedophiles)
• Parents on drugs
• Passive smoking
• Pets
• Playing safely
• Poisoning
• Prams and strollers
• Pregnancy in adolescence (see: Teenage pregnancy)
• Protect your child from pedophiles
• Safe sleep for babies and toddlers
• Safe toys (see: Toy safety)
• Safety - baby walkers (see: Baby walkers)
• Safety - blind and curtain cords
• Safety in the Home (see: Home safety)
• Sandpits
• Scalds
• Seat Belts (see: Car safety restraints)
• Sexual abuse (see: Child abuse)
• Sharing bed with babies (see: Sleeping with your baby)
• SIDS (see: Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (including SIDS))
• Sleep - moving from a cot to a bed (see: Toddlers - moving from a cot to a bed)
• Sleeping with your baby
• Smoking and children's health (see: Passive smoking)
• Snake bites
• Solariums (tanning salons)
• Spider bites
• Stranger danger (see: Protect your child from pedophiles)
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (see: Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (including SIDS))
• Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (including SIDS)
• Summer heat and babies (see: Babies in hot weather)
• Sun protection
• Sunscreens
• Swallowed objects
• Swimming safety (see: Water safety)
• Teenage parties
• Teenage pregnancy
• Teenagers and drugs
• Teeth - when a tooth is knocked out
• Toddlers - keeping them safe
• Toddlers - moving from a cot to a bed
• Tooth Injuries (see: Teeth - when a tooth is knocked out)
• Toy safety
• Treadmill safety
• Wasp Stings (see: Bites and stings)
• Water safety
• Wrapping babies