Injury Prevention Centre's

Prescription 4 Safety

Choking

  • Teach your child to chew their food thoroughly, and to never eat when they are walking, running or playing. (IPC Elementary School IP toolkit)
  • Teach children to recognize and avoid common choking hazards, such as coins, latex balloons, and small toys and to keep these objects out of their mouths (Alberta Health Services, 2023).
  • Remove drawstrings from your child’s hoodies and jackets. Teach children not to tie objects like shoe laces, ropes or drawstrings around their necks. (IPC Elementary School IP toolkit)

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The Injury Prevention Centre is part of the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta and is dedicated to helping Albertans and our governments make safe choices the easy choices.

The Injury Prevention Centre receives core business funding from the Ministry of Primary and Preventive Health Services and is part of the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. Provision of funding by Primary and Preventive Health Services does not signify that this project represents the policies or views of Primary and Preventive Health Services.

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