Experts are warning parents to be extra vigilant when supervising their children in and around water after study reveals drowning is one of the leading causes of accidental death in children. The NSW Study of Drowning and Near-Drowning in Children (0-16) conducted by the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network has discovered 68% of children aged 0-4 years old had a non-fatal incident while the child was unsupervised by an adult.

June 2018 – Experts across Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network are urging parents and caregivers to be extra vigilant around hot surfaces this winter to prevent scald and contact burns in children.

Last winter, 510 children were treated across The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick for new burn injuries, with the majority caused by hot drinks and foods, including soups and noodles.

19/12/17

Doctors warn, ‘Kids can drown without a sound’

As the summer school holiday begins, doctors from Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead are urging parents and carers to be vigilant with children in and around water.

Concern has been raised by injury prevention professionals and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons about the rising injuries and deaths of children due to quad bike use. Kids Health shares these concerns and supports the AIPN Position Paper on Quad Bikes.

http://aipn.com.au/concerns-children-raised-leading-advocacy-groups-deaths-injuries-quad-bikes-increase/

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New program teaches life-saving cpr for parents

Kids Can Drown Without a Sound Media Release (19 December 2017)

This article was first published by Thomson Reuters in Property Law Review and should be cited as: Cathy Sherry, “Kids can't fly: The legal issues in children's falls from high-rise buildings” (2012) 2 Prop L Rev 22.

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Download media release here: Kids Can't Fly Media Release (Dec 2011)