Showing Stories tagged with: Child Safety
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September 5, 2023
Is Your Kid Being Bullied?
Chances are yes. Our child psychiatrist offers 6 tips to help.
August 15, 2023
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Team Shares Knowledge Across Vermont
UVM Children's Hospital duo created Pedi2Go, a program that trains and helps to equip EMS services to provide the specialized care children need in the field.
January 13, 2023
Kids and Suicide
The pandemic exacerbated mental health issues, but experts are concerned with increasing rates of suicidal ideation in youth.
December 5, 2022
Air Travel With Children: How To Use Car Seats on Airplanes
Most people know their infant, toddler or young school-aged child needs a car seat or booster in the family vehicle. Car seats also keep children safe on airplanes. Here’s some information for anyone planning air travel with children.
October 10, 2022
7 Tips for Halloween Safety
While Halloween can be a very exciting time for children and parents, it can be one of the most dangerous nights of the year.
April 7, 2022
Let’s Talk About Consent
It can be uncomfortable, but talking explicitly to our children and young adults about safe and unsafe touch is critical to empowering them and helping them understand that they are in control of their bodies.
July 30, 2021
Little Kids, Big Backpacks
The school year is almost here, but before you go back-to-school shopping, review these tips from Lewis First, MD, Chief of Pediatrics at University of Vermont Children's Hospital, on how to reduce your child’s risk of neck and back problems.
June 1, 2021
The Danger of Heatstroke
Maureen Johnson, CSP, CPST-I, a Child Passenger Safety Specialist, examines some heatstroke prevention steps for in the car, at home and at work, and how to respond to heat-related illness.
February 26, 2020
Playing Safely with a Dog
Believe it or not, there are over 4.5 million dog bites that occur each year. Lewis First, MD provides suggestions on how to take the bite out of a dog’s bark and enable a child to play safely with a dog.
October 24, 2019
How to Stay Warm on Halloween Night
We all know that children (and adults!) love Halloween. While we love to see the smile on children’s faces, we have to remember that October can be a chilly time. Before going out in your neighborhood, be smart and think ahead about the weather. Here are some tips on how to stay warm on Halloween
September 13, 2019
Saving Babies’ Lives in the Hospital and the Statehouse
As a physician in the pediatric intensive care unit at University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, Rebecca Bell, MD, has seen too many babies whose lives were put at risk by an unsafe sleep environment.
July 2, 2019
Caring for the Most Vulnerable Victims of the Opioid Crisis: Newborns
Alice Hyde nurses recount their experience with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Registered Nurse Courtnee Davenport has cared for newborn children and mothers at University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center for a decade. But she can remember her worst brush with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) like it was yesterday. That morning the
June 26, 2019
Picnic and Barbecue Safety
With summer here, Lewis First, MD is getting grilled by families about safety precautions they should be taking when they barbecue outside. He offers these tips for keeping reducing backyard injuries.
May 29, 2019
Fasten Your Seat Belt for Some Safe Teen Driving Tips
Parents have been driving up to me with lots of questions about how they can ensure their teen drives safely once they have their license. Well, let me take the wheel and provide some information on this topic of safe driving. Be a role model More than 5,500 teens die in this country every year