When the last school bell announces the end of the school year, the children run out into the streets, and back they can not be pounded. Alas, but the hands of parents from this point on are increasingly drawn to the medicine cabinet. Summer games on the street entail various injuries: scratches, bruises, and even worse, writes womanway. Online. What can you do to protect your children in the summer? Buy a Helmet Accidental falls are the number one cause of child injuries. Usually everything is limited to abrasions and bruises, but when riding a bicycle and skating on rollers, children can fall, hit their heads. You can reduce head injuries by 85% if you buy a good, suitable size helmet. Every time a child rolls on a bicycle or rollers, insist that he use a helmet and other protection. Carefully inspect the last year's helmet to make sure it's fit. Helmets that have already taken part in falls may have cracks and streaks, they are no longer able to provide a high degree of safety for your child. It is better to replace such a helmet with a new one. Check the technical condition of the sports equipment Helmets - not the only thing that directly affects the safety of the child. All sports equipment must be in proper technical condition and of suitable size. Children grow fast and last year's bike or videos can be already small for your children. It is necessary to adjust the height of the seat and steering wheel on the bike, make sure that the rollers do not press. In addition, it is necessary to tighten the nuts and lubricate the moving parts. Ensure that the equipment does not have cracks or dents. Preventing heat stroke and dehydration It seems so ordinary that it is very easy to overlook it. Children should always drink, make sure that the child took a bottle of water. The head should be covered with a cap or panama of light, better white. In the daytime it's better to play in the shade of trees. Pediatricians recommend taking a break every 20 minutes of the game so that the children drink a glass of water. Block children's access to chemicals and medicines When children stay at home alone, they can freely explore their apartment. Children love to play in researchers, scientists, experimenters. Take care that the objects of their games do not become such poisonous things as washing powder, cleaner for ovens, polish, drugs. All dangerous substances are recommended to be kept in a certain place, closed with a key, which will be kept by you. Do not allow children to play with these substances.. Explain their potential danger. Provide children with safe products for their experiments and games. Do not keep your eyes out of the children's eyes At the age of 1 to 14 years, drowning is the second cause of infant mortality. This should make you think. First, your duty as a parent is to teach a child to swim. This is the minimum guarantee that a child can stay on the water for a while, until help comes to him. Secondly, even if the child swims superbly, you or the caregiver should be all the time near and constantly keep your child in sight. Thirdly, do not allow the child to swim in inappropriate places: on unequipped beaches, in unknown reservoirs, behind buoys of the beach. Conduct a conversation with children, explain how and why it is so necessary to behave near water and in the water. Keep the first aid kit next In advance, form a summer medicine chest, and keep it within easy reach. Consult with the pediatrician that it must be in the nursery first-aid kit, since the usual driver's first-aid kits that are sold in assembled form may not be suitable for children. If the child has special diseases, make sure that there is a set of tools in the medicine cabinet to help the baby in his unusual situation. If you have a summer first-aid kit since last year, do not forget to update it: check the expiration date of the drugs, replenish exhausted supplies. Do not throw away instructions to medicines, they should be stored in the medicine cabinet. Beware of insects Insects now bring more discomfort than before. This is due to various mutations of viruses carried by insects. Now a common mosquito bite can cause severe swelling and an allergic reaction, not to mention the bites of wasps, midges, mites. The latter pose a particular danger, as they carry the deadly disease - encephalitis. Make sure that your child's head is covered during games in the forest and check his clothes, body and scalp to exclude the probability of a tick bite. Serious attention is also required by the bites of spiders and various caterpillars whose mucus can also be poisonous. You can use repellents to repel insects, but do not overdo it.. Keep track of the concentration of the product you chose. Repellents are 10% and 30%, lower concentration works well as well, only less time. 10% repellent repels insects within 2 hours, and 30% can work up to 5 hours. Do not use the spray too often, remember that to protect the baby from insects you use poisons. If the baby is allergic, try natural products that insects do not like - it's lemon, lavender, eucalyptus, clove. Protection from sunburn From 10 am and up to 16. 00 The sun is especially active, children risk getting sunburn, especially in the early days of summer. Wear the baby correctly: a hat, a natural cotton cloth that covers most of the body, will perfectly protect against excessive sun, but do not forget about sunscreens. Apply a special cream for children with SPF 15 and higher every 2 hours.

Original article: Eight Summer Dangers for Children: How to Save Yourself.