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Specific Time Content Teaching AV Evaluation

Objective Learning Aids
Activities
1. To INTRODUCTION: Lecture What do
introduce Accidents and injuries are common you mean
the topic especially from young children aged 1-4 by
year of age. It is the main cause of accidents?
injury and even death in children.
However, most of these accidents are
preventable. Many of the accidents that
happen in and around the home can be
avoided. By identifying and
understanding potential accident risks in
the home, you can take some basic
safety steps that will keep your children
safe and give you peace of mind.
2. To define DEFINITION: Lecture Flip What is
Accidents An accident is an event, independent of chart accidents?
human will, caused by an outside force
acting rapidly and resulting in physical
or mental injury.
3. To explain CAUSES: Lecture What are
causes of Infant- falls, burn, cuts and injury, the causes
home suffocation, foreign body (aspiration, of
accidents ingestion) accidents?
Toddlers and Preschools- fall, burns,
cut and injuries, ingestion and aspiration
foreign bodies, drowning, poisoning,
bites and stings, vehicle or road traffic
accidents, sports injury etc.

School age children and adolescents:

 sports injury, falls, electrical or
instrumental injury, road traffic
accidents, bites, drowning etc.
4. To describe PREVENTION: Lecture How to
prevention For Infants: prevent
of home  Never leave an infant alone on cot or accidents
accidents table or in unprotected place to in home?
prevent fall.
 Never gives very small things to the
child.
 Toys should not have removable
small parts which can be aspirated or
put into the ear or nose.
 Coins, buttons, beads, marbles must
not be left with in child reach.
 Keep the stove or fire source and hot
things far away from the child.
 Electrical appliances should be kept
out of reach.
 Never leave the infant near water tub
or pond and never allow to go out
alone.
For Toddlers and Pre School:
 Give proper directions for activity.
 Provide constant supervision.
 Keep harmful substances like hot
things drugs, poisons, kerosene oil,
electrical appliances, sharp objects,
etc out of child reach.
 Provide safe play materials and toys.
 Floor should not be slippery.
 Furniture should be placed firmly to
 prevent fall and the child should not
allowed climbing over it.
 Mother should not hold the baby in
lap when drinking tea or coffee or
during cooking.
 Children should not be allowed to
play with cord, plastic bag or pillow
which may cause suffocation.
 Electric switch should be out of
child’s reach.
For School Children and Adolescents
 Teach safety precautions with fire,
fireworks, match box, electricity,
sharp instruments etc.
 Discourage the children from kite
flying from rooftops.
 Never left the child alone in the car
unless it has been ensured that the
keys are not in.
 Children must not be allowed to play
on streets.
CONCLUSION:
Accident could not be completely
avoided, but its occurrence could be
prevented. To prevent accident to
children, adults should pay more
attention to home safety. They should
also clear any hidden “hazards” at home
and teach children about safety. If
accidents happen, stay calm and call for
help immediately.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Parul Dutta, Pediatric Nursing, Second Edition, Jaypee Brother and Medical Publisher (P)
Ltd, New Delhi, Pp. 134- 135

2. Manoj Yadav, A Text Book of Child Health Nursing, 2011 Edition, S Vikas & Company
(Medical Publisher) India, Pp- 118