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Environmental Safety

3 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education
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Hazards in the Environment (2/11)

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This is assignment 2 of 11
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Worksheet

Environmental Safety * Check for Understanding * Page 5 (2/11) 

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Just by looking at pictures sometimes we can identify risks.  We can see accidents just waiting to happen.  Take a look at the pictures and quickly determine if they depict safe or unsafe situations for children. 

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Cleaning Supplies


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Correct!  
Allowing a child access to cleaning supplies is unsafe.

Cleaning products, medications, and other poisons must be in a locked closet or cabinet.
You Have Provided an Incorrect Answer 
Allowing a child access to cleaning supplies is unsafe.

Cleaning products, medications, and other poisons must be in a locked closet or cabinet.

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Toilet Latch

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The safest option is to keep toddlers and infants completely out of the bathroom when not supervised. If they have any access to the bathroom, then a toilet lock is the safe thing to do.

The easiest way to baby proof the toilet is to keep the bathroom door shut and secured at all times. A simple way to achieve this is by installing a hook-and-eye lock high up on the bathroom door out of children's reach. This method is only reliable if you remember to lock the door each and every time you are finished using the toilet.

The American Academy of Pediatrics warns that the toilet is an overlooked drowning hazard to children. In 2012 the CPSC posted a report detailing all reported child deaths due to drowning. Two deaths and one injury were reported by toilet. Children are curious, uncoordinated and incredibly top heavy. If a child was to fall head first he or she could easily become stuck and drown. A baby proof toilet latch is the next best way to keep a child safe around the toilet.
You Have Provided an Incorrect Answer 
The safest option is to keep toddlers and infants completely out of the bathroom when not supervised. If they have any access to the bathroom, then a toilet lock is the safe thing to do.

The easiest way to baby proof the toilet is to keep the bathroom door shut and secured at all times. A simple way to achieve this is by installing a hook-and-eye lock high up on the bathroom door out of children's reach. This method is only reliable if you remember to lock the door each and every time you are finished using the toilet.

The American Academy of Pediatrics warns that the toilet is an overlooked drowning hazard to children. In 2012 the CPSC posted a report detailing all reported child deaths due to drowning. Two deaths and one injury were reported by toilet. Children are curious, uncoordinated and incredibly top heavy. If a child was to fall head first he or she could easily become stuck and drown. A baby proof toilet latch is the next best way to keep a child safe around the toilet.

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Outlet

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Correct!  
Allowing a child access to a power outlet is unsafe.

Young children, particularly toddlers, experience electric shock most often when they bite into electrical cords or poke metal objects such as forks or knives into unprotected outlets or appliances.  

The best way to prevent electrical injuries is to cover all outlets, make sure all wires are properly insulated, tuck wires away from your child's reach, and provide adult supervision whenever children are in an area with potential electrical hazards.
You Have Provided an Incorrect Answer 
Allowing a child access to a power outlet is unsafe.

Young children, particularly toddlers, experience electric shock most often when they bite into electrical cords or poke metal objects such as forks or knives into unprotected outlets or appliances.  

The best way to prevent electrical injuries is to cover all outlets, make sure all wires are properly insulated, tuck wires away from your child's reach, and provide adult supervision whenever children are in an area with potential electrical hazards.

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dresser

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Having the dresser stabilized to the wall is a good safety measure. However, this scenario still poses a danger.

Attach large furniture, such as dressers or bookshelves to the wall with safety straps, L-brackets or other strong attachment devices. This will create a safer environment even when small children are not present.

Prevent children from pulling drawers more than two-thirds of the way out by installing stops. Pulled-out drawers can shift the weight of a large dresser and cause it to fall over.

Children should be instructed to never climb into, stand inside or hang on drawers, doors or shelves.

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Course Navigation Menu

1. Course Agenda
2. Health and Safety​
3. Preventing Injuries
4. ​Safety Regulations (1/11)
5. Hazards (2/11)
6. Risk of Injury
7. Developmental Age (3/11)
8. Safety Policies​
9. Safe or Unsafe (4/11)​
10. Hazard Analysis (5/11)​
11. ​Supervise the Children
12. Staff Ratios (6/11)
13. ​Regular Safety Checks
14. Burns and Fire
15. Burn and Fire Prevention
16. Hot Liquid Burns (7/11)
17. ​Strangulation & Suffocation
18. Falls
19. Poisoning
20. Poisoning can be Prevented
21. ​Drowning
22. ​Emergency Procedures
​23. Emergency Experiences (8/11)
​24. First Aid
25. Minor Injuries (9/11)
26. Disaster Preparedness
27. Emergency Preparedness (10/11)
28. Missing Child
29. Authorized Persons
30. After the Emergency
31. End of Course Quiz (11/11)
32. Evaluation Form
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