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Household safety for parents
Preventing accidents and injuries with kids around the home
Your home should be a haven where your family can live, play, and explore safely.
Here are some tips to help keep your children safe:
• Don’t rely on window screens to keep kids from
falling out of windows.
• Move chairs, beds, and other furniture away from
windows to prevent children from climbing onto sills.
• Keep stairways clear of toys, shoes, loose carpeting,
etc.
• Don’t leave loose rugs on the floor. Put specially
designed pads, available at most stores selling floor
coverings, under rugs to hold them securely to the
floor’s surface.
• Attach protective padding or other specially designed
covers to furniture and countertops with
sharp edges.
• Apply nonskid strips to the bottoms of bathtubs.
• With young children in the home, never leave a
bathtub, bucket, or other container filled with any
amount of water or other liquid unattended, including
the toilet. Keep bathroom doors closed at all
times and consider using a doorknob cover.
• Make sure all pieces of furniture a child might climb
on are sturdy and won’t tip over.
• Clean up any spills around the home immediately.
• Remove tablecloths when not in use, and keep
cords or other dangling objects out of reach.
• Never leave a baby or toddler unattended in the
bath. Drowning can happen very quickly in less than
one inch of water.
• Keep the following numbers near the phone (for
yourself and caregivers): toll-free poison-control
number: 1-800-222-1222, doctor’s number,
parents’ work and cell phone numbers, neighbor’s
or nearby relative’s number (if you need someone
to watch other children in an emergency).
• Make a first-aid kit and keep emergency
instructions inside.
• Install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
Source: Primary Children’s Medical Center and KidsHealth at
primarychildrens.org.
InstaCare
When you need
the best urgent or emergency care in the valley,
Intermountain Healthcare has you covered with
Logan InstaCare and Logan Regional Hospital Emergency Room
Whether your child develops a fever on
Sunday afternoon or your husband sprains
his ankle Thursday evening, unplanned
medical needs can arise anytime. Logan
Instacare providers are ready when you or a
loved one needs medical attention and your
primary care provider is not available. Open
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, including
most holidays, InstaCare offers walk-in
services for urgent injuries and illnesses, but
not for life-threatening conditions.
InstaCare physicians have access to state-ofthe-art
digital X-ray equipment and lab services
to diagnose medical conditions. We
strive for short wait times, as well as rapid
diagnosis and treatment, while providing
quality care.
In the case of a medical emergency, Logan
Regional Hospital Emergency Room should
be the facility of choice. When unsure if a
condition is a life-threatening emergency, go
to the ER as a matter of caution.
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the
Emergency
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Logan Regional Hospital is the valley’s most advanced
trauma center with the best emergency care capabilities
and resources. Trauma centers vary in their certification
levels and abilities as designated by the Utah Bureau of
Emergency Medical Services. Logan Regional Hospital
has the physician specialists, technology, diagnostic
capabilities, and full-service hospital resources to provide
complete care for most trauma patients. Trauma victims
with exceptionally severe injuries are stabilized and
transported to a major medical center such as McKay-
Dee Hospital or Intermountain Medical Center.
Logan Regional Hospital’s Emergency Room physicians
are all board-certified, emergency-medicine specialists
who live here in our community. The ER nurses and
support staff are specially trained in trauma and critical
care. They are exceptionally skilled in emergency care.
As an emergency medicine physician, I appreciate the
fact that Logan Regional is a full-service hospital with
the valley’s most advanced technology, resources, and
services to care for our patients. I also appreciate the
commitment to keeping wait times as short as possible
and to providing high quality, compassionate care to
each patient.
Douglas N. Esplin, M.D.
Urgent Care
Logan InstaCare
435.713.2710
Ryan J. Stolworthy, M.D.
Emergency Medicine
Logan Regional Hospital
435.716.1000
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