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Recreational and Home Injury Prevention
Falls Prevention for Children
- First Aid: Falls
- Safe Kids Worldwide Falls Prevention Tips
- CDC's Protect the Ones You Love: Fall Prevention
Fire Safety/ Carbon Monoxide Safety
- Fire Prevention Week
- U.S. Fire Administration
- Home Heating Equipment Fires
- American Burn Association
- National Fire Protection Association
- Fire Statistics
- Fast Facts about Fire
- Fire Safety Tip Sheets
- Smoke Alarms
- Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Information
- Protect the ones you love: Burns
Pet Safety
Playground & Bicycle Safety
- Playground Safety Checklist
- Children's Safety Network Playground Safety Infographic
- Indiana Bicycle Code
- Bicycle Safety for Children
- Bicycle Safety for Adults
- Walk and Bike to School
- CDC's Sports Safety
- Serious Sports Injuries in US youths
Poisoning
- Poison Help Line: 1-800-222-1222
- Indiana Poison Center
- Pediatric Magnet Ingestions
- Children's Safety Network Pediatric Magnet Flier
- Education—Toddler and Preschool
- CDC's Protect the Ones you Love: Poisoning Prevention
Rural & Agricultural Health and Safety
- 2014 Indiana Summary of Farm-related Fatalities - Purdue University
- Resources on Rural Injury Prevention: Child and Youth Agricultural Injuries
- National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
- 2018 Fact Sheet on Childhood Agricultural Injuries in the U.S.
- A Summary of NIOSH Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Extramural Research under the Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Initiative: A Quindecennial (1997–2011) of Progress
- Progressive Agricultural Safety Day
Spring & Summer Safety
Spring and summer are great times to engage in outdoors activities such as swimming, biking, playing outside, and grilling, but it is also a time when injuries occur. By taking simple, common-sense precautions, you can have fun and stay safe at the same time.
Swimming & Boating Safety
- Portable Pools Safety
- Water-Related Injury
- CDC's Healthy Swimming
- Safe Kids Worldwide Water Safety
- Children's Safety Network Boating Safety Infographic
- Beach Safety Brochure
Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussions
- CDC's HEADS UP
- CDC's HEADS UP Apps
- CDC's Report to Congress on Traumatic Brain Injury Epidemiology and Rehabilitation
- CDC Concussion at Play: Opportunities to Reshape the Culture Around Concussions
- Two Page TBI Report Summary
- Indiana Special Emphasis on TBI
- LawAtlas Youth Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Laws
- TBI among Children and Adolescents Treated in ED, US 2007-2010
Winter Safety
Winter provides new challenges in preventing injuries. Fires in the home are more common because of the increase in cooking activities and heating fires, holiday decorations, and winter storms. Below are some resources and tips to keep your family safe this winter.
Winter Home Safety
- ISDH Cold Weather Safety Handout
- National Fire Protection Association Home Safety Tips
- Disaster Kit Checklist- Home Safety
- Get Ahead of the Winter Freeze
- Electrical safety
- Stay Safe During & After a Winter Storm
Holiday Kids Safety
- The Dangers of Winter Coats and Car Seats
- Safe Kids Worldwide Toy Safety Tips
- Prevent Child Injury Toy Safety Resources
- Prevent Child Injury TV Tip-Over Resources
Contact Information:
Veronica Daye
Injury Prevention Epidemiologist, Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention
VDaye@isdh.IN.gov
317-234-4943
Page last updated 7/13/2020