Safety Safety at Home Accident chain Recurring pattern

Safety

Safety at Home

Accident chain • Recurring pattern that is present in all mishaps

• Situation – the circumstance or event leading up to an accident • Risk factor – isolated unsafe act or an unsafe habit

• Accident – result of consequence of one or more risk factors • Aftermath – personal injury, destruction of property or both

Fires • 3 elements to have fire • Fuel • Heat • Air

Fire prevention devices • Smoke detector – an alarm that is triggered by the presence of smoke • Fire extinguisher – portable device that puts out small fires by ejecting chemicals

Fire safety action • Every family should have a fire safety plan – escape plan and a safe prearranged meeting place.

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Falls • Can happen to anyone • Take steps to prevent falls

Electric shock • Death resulting from passage through the body of a highvoltage current

Poisoning • Most poisons are found in the kitchen, bathroom, utility area, basement, and garage

Preventive behaviors • Household products and medicines should be kept in locked cabinets or out of the reach of children

Safety outside the home

Recreational Safety • Recreational activities are fun but are “accidents waiting to happen” • Common sense and caution can break the accident chain

Accidents in or on water • 7 th leading cause of preventable death • 4, 300 people drown each year • 3, 000 hospitalized • Kids under 4 account for 60% of all pool drownings

Water safety

Swimming • Know your abilities • Supervised areas – lifeguard • Muscle cramp – relax, float, and press and squeeze the muscle • In current – swim at a 45 degree angle • Never swim when using meds or alcohol

Diving • Always check water depth • Never dive into unfamiliar water. • Do not jump into shallow water

Boating • Learn how to handle a boat correctly • Wear approved flotation devices • Do not drink or use drugs and drive a boat

Accidents on thee trail • Stay in specified campsites • Never camp or hike alone • Be knowledgeable • Carry plenty of water • Never include alcohol or drugs

Safety on the job • Responsibility for maintaining a safe work environment rests with the employer and the employee

OSHA • Occupational safety and health administration – a federal agency responsible for promoting safe and healthful conditions in the workplace

Natural disasters

Hurricane • A powerful rainstorm, characterized by driving winds • Eastern and southern seaboards

Tornado • A powerful, twisting windstorm • Storm cellar or basement – hallway or bathroom without windows – if outside get in a ditch and lie face down

• Watch – conditions are good • Warning – one has been spotted.

• Floods • Earthquakes • Blizzards – a snowstorm with winds of 35 mph or greater

Automobile Safety

Vehicular safety • Obeying the rules of the road, as well as exercising common sense and good judgment.

Common sense & good judgment • Paying attention to road conditions • Paying attention to other drivers • Paying attention to your physical state • Paying attention to your emotional state

Road rage • When intense anger and driving mix • Disputes over a parking space, obscene gestures, loud music, overuse of horns, and slow driving – known to use guns or other weapons

Safety on two wheels

Motorcycle and moped safety • 17 x likely to be killed – weigh less and difficult to see • Wear helmets, proper clothing and eye protection

Bicycle safety • 53, 000 injuries occur each year • 750 deaths • Wear helmets, ride on the right, obey the same rules as drivers

First aid • Immediate, temporary care given to a person who has become sick or who has been injured

Open wounds

Abrasion • Scrape • Damages the outer layers of skin • Little or no bleeding • Caused by scraping or rubbing

Laceration • Cut • Caused by – knife, broken glass or hard blow from a blunt object • Smooth or jagged edges • Bleeding, damage to nerves, blood vessels and soft tissue

Puncture • Caused by pointed objects piercing the skin • External bleeding is limited, internal bleeding and damage to internal organs and infection

Avulsion • Tissue being separated partly or completely from the body • Auto accidents or animal bites • Parts should be taking to hospital to be reattached • Heavy bleeding

Shock • Failure of the cardiovascular system to keep adequate blood circulating to the vital organs of the body