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Button battery injuries : a demonstration plan for practitioners
[Booklet, 2014]
This 11-page booklet gives an overview of button battery injuries and prevention strategies with key safety messages for caregivers.
It also includes a demonstration plan describing a procedure using button batteries and ham to show the effect that button batteries have on contact with living tissue.
This is a resource for practitioners and those running injury prevention programmes.
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Button battery injuries : a lesson plan for primary school students
[Article, 2014]
Lesson plan about the risk of burns from ingesting button batteries. The plan is designed to be used with the button battery injury experiment. Suitable for curriculum levels 2-4. Subject areas: health and safety; science and technology.
Also published as: The battery controlled: a curriculum-based experiment from Safekids Aotearoa and Energizer. Starters & strategies, Term One, 2014. p. 3.
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The battery controlled : risk of serious injury from battery ingestion : what medical professionals need to know
[Factsheet, 2014]
A factsheet about button batteries for medical practitioners.
Information provided includes a description of the hazard, medical complications, treatment guidelines and links to more information.
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There's a little known risk to small children
[Poster, A3, 2014]
Poster;
Features key safety messages for caregivers, including;-
search for button batteries in the home, secure them out of sight and reach of small children,
share the life-saving information of how dangerous button batteries are with others and
take a child immediately to the nearest hospital emergency department if a battery has been ingested.
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There's a little known risk to small children
[Pamphlet, 2014]
DLE pamphlet with key safety messages for caregivers. Includes: - search for button batteries in the home, - secure them out of sight and reach of small children, - share the life-saving information of how dangerous button batteries are with others - take a child immediately to the nearest hospital emergency department if a battery has been ingested.
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