Question

1. Discuss pertinent areas of safety in regards to the following developmental stages:
   1. Infants
   2. Aspiration prevention
   3. Safety with siblings
   4. Car safety
   5. Fall prevention
   6. Toddlers
   7. Preschoolers
   8. School-Age
   9. Adolescent

Answer 1

Infants

Falls_ babies wiggle and move and push against things with their feet soon after that are born.

Burns- at 3-5 babies Will wave their fists and grab at things.Never carry baby and hot liquids together.

Chocking and suffication- babies explore environment and put everything into their mouth.

Aspiration Prevention

Aspiration prevention during early infancy could be due to poorly developed nerorolgical system.aspiration risk is also in preschoolers and in toddlers due to falling in swimming pool or in bath tub

Safety with sibling

Toddlers may tend to have sibling rivalry which can result in fights with siblings ,causing harm to siibling.

Carsafety

When riding vehicle child should be restrained.never leave your child alone in car.

Fall prevention

Lock door to dangerous area.use gate in staircase.remove sharp edged filurniture are some of the measures to reduce fall.

Toddler

The areas of safety in toddler includes Poisoning: due to exploring nature toddler put everything they find into mouth

Falls,Burns are other areas of concern

Schooler

Transportation safety while going to school or when playing outside School safety is other area of concern in safety of schooler

Adolescent

Driving ,drug and alcohol,internet safety,relationship ,sports safety are major areas of safety in adolescent.