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School Bus Safety -Use Caution around the bus stop....

• Handout- School Bus Safety - Courtesy of American Academy of Pediatrics
  SchoolBusSafetyBulletin_090105_q10_vJ.pdf

Bike Safety - Helmets prevent most bike injuries, the bike must properly fit the rider who must ride it safely...........

• Handout-Bike Safety 3/31/11-Courtesy,American Academy of Pediatrics
• Handout-Bike Injuries-Courtesy,American Academy of Pediatrics BikeInjuries_v1_q60_vJ.pdf

Car Seats - Safety Tips for Car Seat Use for Toddlers and Infants - Summer, 2011

Update 4/20/2011. Recommendations for car seat safety from the American Academy of Pediatrics include keeping toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. For more information, visit healthychildren.org or watch this great video! http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/the-alarmist-car-seat-changeup/?emc=eta1

• Handout -Car Seat Recommendations 3/31/2011 by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - a printer-friendly page
• New research shows toddlers are more thanfive times safer riding rear-facingin a car safety seatup to their second birthday, and infants should ride rear-facing in either an infant car seat or convertible seat-Click Here for more information!

Concussion/Head Injury.....trying to avoid injuries and treating them when they occur

• Head Injury/Concussion in High School Sports- Video from CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/TraumaticBrainInjury/CTK_Video_WM_BB.html
• Since Sept.1st, 2010, Dr. Cordes has been doing ImPact Testing
  -Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing
  for athletes of all ages. The ImPact test is the first,
  most-widely used, and most scientifically validated
  computerized concussion evaluation system which is used as
  a standard tool in comprehensive clinical management of
  concussions. The ImPact test is recommended for all children
  that play contact sports.

Hearing Loss can be caused by MP3 Players -Listen Up!

• Handout - a Printer-Friendly page - Courtesy of American Academy of Pediatrics

Skin Wound - Do's and Don'ts.............................

• Handout - How to treat skin wounds to fight off infection SkinWounds_v1.pdf

Winter Warmth - a Child-Friendly Checklist

Keep your children safe and warm during the winter with these tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics

• What to wear
• Hypothermia
• Frostbite
  

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