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Aside from the obvious mites and the possibility of getting heatstroke, there are other things to look out for.
As experts of the travel service Tutu.ru found out, a quarter of Russians are planning to spend their summer vacation in the village or in the country. Of course, mothers will go there with their children, or they will simply send their grandchildren to their grandparents in the village. And there, in addition to the danger of being fed by loving grannies, really unpleasant things await children. Dr. Anna Levadnaya, a pediatrician and a candidate of medical sciences, has compiled a list of the main dangers that threaten children on vacation.
1. Liquid for ignition
According to statistics compiled by foreign doctors, children most often end up in intensive care due to the fact that they drank a dangerous or poisonous liquid, which they accidentally managed to reach. Liquid for lighting fires including. Therefore, it must be kept in a place where the child cannot reach it by 146 percent. Like other household chemicals, fertilizers, insecticides, etc.
2. Cesspool
At dachas, a toilet of the type “birdhouse with a hole in the ground” is often arranged. Many children are frankly afraid of such toilets, and for good reason.
“A child can fall into it and drown. Parents then look for children for years, ”writes Anna Levadnaya.
Therefore, the toilet should always be locked, and the lock itself should be located so that the baby cannot reach it.
3. Instruments
Saws, nails, axes, scythes – all this should be kept away from children’s hands. The shed where you keep the tools must be locked. The child is interested in touching, pulling, playing. The consequences of playing with sharp objects hardly need explaining to anyone.
4. Tank for rainwater
It is very common in dachas: water is needed for irrigation, but here it is free and it will be poured in reserve. And it is right. You don’t need to get rid of such a useful thing. You just need to make sure that the barrel (or any other container) is tightly closed with a lid. A curious child, bending over her, can easily dive inside. And it doesn’t always work out.
“We had a case when my mother ran to the toilet, and the youngest son, he was two years old, fell into a decorative pond. He floundered, almost drowned. The eldest son, four years old, just stood and looked, did not even call for help. Mom barely managed to pump it out, “- one of the readers of Anna’s blog shared a scary story in the comments.
5. Sticks with nails and old trash on the site
A nail sticking out of a piece of wood lying on the ground or from a fence is a real danger not only to get a very unpleasant injury, but also to get infected with tetanus. As for old trash, it happens that there are old refrigerators or are lying on the sites. Children, playing, climb inside, but they cannot get out. Unfortunately, there are many such cases.
6. Braziers, stoves, hearths
All of this must be fenced in and closed. It is hardly necessary to explain why: the danger of burns has not been canceled.
7. Unfriendly fauna
Anna Levadnaya advises to carefully examine the site for wasp hives, which can be under roofs and in attics. Be sure to mow the grass on the site, because there may be a lot of mites. If possible, it is better to carry out anti-mite treatment on the site. Also, pick up trash and fence off the woodshed – snakes can lodge in logs and trash.
“Exterminate rodents – they can attract snakes,” the doctor adds.
8. Windows and fans
Every year, as soon as it gets so warm that parents open the windows in the apartment, children begin to die – they simply fall out of the windows. It is important to remember that no mosquito net will save, locks are needed. Another danger is stairs. If the house has a second floor, and the children are still small, the stairs should be closed with gates.
Fans, even in protective cases, should be kept away from children – in the comments, mothers shared stories of how the child had to sew up lacerated wounds on the handles – he put his fingers to the blades.
9. Medicines
Grandparents usually have an extensive first aid kit. And the child should not have access to it. Never. With a guarantee.
10. Hogweed
Fortunately, this weed is not found throughout the country. Sosnovsky’s hogweed is very dangerous – this type of plant causes terrible burns that are very difficult to treat. How to remove a hogweed from a site, read HERE.