Safety (Print Version)

Also called: Also called: Accident prevention

You can't remove all the safety hazards from your life, but you can reduce them. You can avoid major hazards and prepare for emergencies by taking the following steps:

Keep emergency phone numbers by your telephones.
Make a first aid kit for your home.
Make a family emergency plan.
Install and maintain smoke detectors 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.

Start Here

Household Safety Checklists(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/household_checklist.html

Overviews

Home Safety Checklist(American College of Emergency Physicians) - Links to PDF - http://www.acep.org/workarea/downloadasset.aspx?id=8716
Safety Checklist for Apartments(National Crime Prevention Council) - Links to PDF - http://www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/aptchk.pdf

Latest News

Fall Cleanup Is a Prime Time for Accidents(09/21/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_69526.html
Text-Messaging Injuries Blamed on Distraction(08/21/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_68420.html
Summer Is Peak Time for Lightning Strikes(07/12/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_66884.html

Specific Conditions

Crime Prevention for People with Disabilities(National Crime Prevention Council) - Links to PDF - http://www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/disab.pdf
Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/guide.asp
Also available in Spanish http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/es/guide.asp
Extreme Heat: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heat_guide.asp
Also available in Spanish http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/es/heatguide.asp
Gardening Health and Safety Tips(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/family/gardening/
Home Security Invest in It Now(National Crime Prevention Council) - Links to PDF - http://www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/homesec.pdf
JAMA Patient Page: Pedestrian Safety(American Medical Association) - Links to PDF - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/288/17/2212.pdf
Lightning Injury(American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www3.acep.org/patients.aspx?id=26196
Pack Your Street Sense When You Pack Your Bags(National Crime Prevention Council) - Links to PDF - http://www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/packbags.pdf
Primer on Summer Safety(Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/304_summer.html
Winter Wise Tips(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/region03/winter/
Woods and Camping Safety for the Whole Family(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/outdoor/woods.html
Working Safely at Home(National Crime Prevention Council) - Links to PDF - http://www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/homeoff.pdf

Related Issues

Climb It Safe!(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00235&return_link=0
CPSC Publications(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/pub_idx.html
Guns and Your Family(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/safety/kids-family/228.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/healthy/safety/kids-family/228.printerview.html
Home Heating Safety(American Red Cross) - http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/homeheat.html
Safety Tips(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/tips.html
Safety Tips for Being Handy in the Home(American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www3.acep.org/patients.aspx?id=26180
Spotlight on Injuries from Fireworks(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/spotlite/firework_spot.htm
Thrift Store Safety Checklist for Consumers and Thrift Stores(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/thrift/thrftck.html
Also available in Spanish http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/thrift/thrftcks.html
What You Need to Know about Natural Gas Detectors(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smelltaste/gasdtctr.asp
Also available in Spanish http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/spanish/gasdtctr_span.asp
Window Safety Tips(National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/resources/factsheets/hl/window_safety.aspx

Health Check Tools

Older Consumer Safety Test(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/ocquiz/start.html

Videos

Natural Gas Emergencies(Healthy Roads Media) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/english/Files/flv/engnaturalgas.htm

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Safety(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Safety%22
ClinicalTrials.gov: Accident Prevention(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Accident+Prevention%22

Journal Articles

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

Article: One health wonders: Rear Adm. Williams S. Stokes. Interview by... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18751318&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: "The cure is in hand"? The brave new world of... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18724879&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: Meanings & motives. Experts debating tobacco addiction. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18703459&tool=MedlinePlus
Safety -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=consumer+product+safety[mh]+NOT+(nutrition+physiology[mh]+OR+nutrition+policy[mh]+OR+food+additives[mh]+OR+dietary+supplements[mh]+OR+food+supply[mh]+OR+automobiles[mh]+OR+equipment+safety[mh]+OR+needlestick+injuries[mh]+OR+accidents,traffic[mh]+OR+device+approval[mh]+OR+equipment+reuse[mh]+OR+equipment+contamination[mh]+OR+food+contamination[majr]+OR+food+labeling[mh]+OR+food+technology[mh]+OR+food+microbiology[mh]+OR+food+poisoning[mh]+OR+food+industry[mh]+OR+food+handling[mh])+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
Home safety -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=((safety[majr]+AND+household+articles[mh])+OR+accidents,home/pc[mh])+NOT+home+childbirth[mh]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Organizations

American College of Emergency Physicians - http://www.acep.org/
American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/
Also available in Spanish http://www.cruzrojaamericana.org/
Consumer Product Safety Commission - http://www.cpsc.gov/
Emergency Nurses Association - http://www.ena.org/
National Safety Council - http://www.nsc.org/

Newsletters/Print Publications

Consumer Product Safety Review (CPSR)(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/cpsr.html

Statistics

Gun Safety Facts(Emergency Nurses Association) - Links to PDF - http://www.ena.org/ipinstitute/fact/enaipfactsheet-gunsafety.pdf
Pedestrian Safety(American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www3.acep.org/patients.aspx?id=26166

Children

BAM! Your Safety(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.bam.gov/sub_yoursafety/
MedlinePlus: Child Safety(National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsafety.html
Also available in Spanish http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/childsafety.html

Teenagers

Working Safely: Advice for Teens(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/teens/prevention/454.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/children/teens/prevention/454.printerview.html

Seniors

Older Consumers Safety Checklist(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - Links to PDF - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/705.pdf
Also available in Spanish http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/SPANISH/705s.pdf
Safer Seniors(National Crime Prevention Council) - Links to PDF - http://www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/saferseniors.pdf

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Child Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsafety.html
Farm Health and Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/farmhealthandsafety.html
Fire Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/firesafety.html
Food Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodsafety.html
Household Products - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/householdproducts.html
Injuries - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/injuries.html
Motor Vehicle Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/motorvehiclesafety.html
Occupational Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/occupationalhealth.html
Sports Injuries - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportsinjuries.html
Sports Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportssafety.html
Water Safety (Recreational) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/watersafetyrecreational.html
Safety Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safetyissues.html

Safety - Multiple Languages - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/safety.html