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The schools are almost out, and the warmer weather months are a perfect time to try new opportunities to improve your health and child welfare. Planning helps to ensure that our children have a safe summer offering physical exercise and mental stimulation. Security
practice first! Each year, about one in four children under age 14 will suffer an injury that requires medical attention. Forty percent of all visits to emergency rooms related injuries occur between May and August. Most accidents can be avoided if we and our children on how to stay safe educate. Keep this in mind:
- Heat may be the greatest danger in the summer months. Look for signs of heat exhaustion which include headache, nausea, dizziness, muscle spasms and fatigue. If you suspect someone is suffering from heat exhaustion, get the person out of the sun and into a cool place. Providing fluids, preferably water. Urge the person to lie down and rest in the coolest place possible. Encourage them to shower, bathe or sponge with cool water.
- Heat stroke is a particularly dangerous form of hyperthermia. It can be life threatening, so you should get medical help immediately. A person with heat stroke has a body temperature higher than 104 ° and symptoms such as confusion, combativeness, bizarre behavior, faintness, staggering, strong rapid pulse, flushed dry skin, lack of sweating or coma. To avoid hyperthermia, do not try to exercise or do a lot of strenuous activities in the midday heat. And be sure to drink plenty of fluids.
- Swimming is a great exercise for children. The lessons are a good idea for beginners. Swimming pools should have fences and / or security alarms. Children should never swim alone and should know to call 911 immediately when someone is in trouble. There should always be a phone nearby.
- Enjoy other sports with suitable clothing, shoes and equipment.
- Have a list of activities adapted to the age handy to keep your kids from getting bored. Accidents often occur when children begin to find unique ways to fill "time." The exploration is important, but review the internal and external safety rules with your children before they are adventure related.
In addition to keeping children physically active and safe, you can help keep their minds engaged throughout the summer. On average, students lose almost three months of grade level equivalency value in mathematics during the summer months. Keep this in mind:
- Check your local library. The librarian can suggest grade level and recreational books that will keep your child interested.
- consider safety, parent approved websites. Some sites offer a "summer camp" theme with a business daily, puzzle, video streaming of important events in the world, and lots of fun graderelated math, reading and science.
- local science centers, theaters, museums and zoos are places to visit. Children absorb a tremendous amount of knowledge when exposed to the history and art.
- Plan to volunteer together. Children feel good to help others, build confidence and learn new skills.
This summer create new family traditions. Take pictures along-the-way and create a memory book of the summer as part of the transition to the next season
Sources :. National Institutes of Health, LifeWork Strategies EAP, the Centre Reginald S. Lourie, Shady Grove and Washington Adventist hospitals.
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