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In addition to American Heart Month, it’s a great time to also reflect on your family’s preparedness to handle emergencies. I know how busy life can be when you have a family. Between work, daycare, school, sports, and activities, we often don’t have the time to slow down and reflect on what's important.
Before my daughter started kindergarten, I remember that I had to fill out a tag for her backpack that included her name, bus number, her teacher’s name, room number, and my phone number, if she got lost or her bag was misplaced. Worst-case scenarios entered my thoughts, including “What if she loses her backpack or the tag falls off and she doesn't know where to go or how to reach me?” Up until that point, she’d always been with me, so this really caught me off guard. I’m not afraid to admit that it scared me to think of my baby going off to school, on a bus with no seat belts, and have faith that she’d get to the right place, find her bus, and get back home safely to me again!
This story is not to put anyone into a panic, like I felt at the time, but to raise awareness. My hope is for more families to take the necessary steps to be prepared for emergency-type situations.
Below are some questions to consider and see if it’s time to have a meeting with your own family, especially if you have smaller children.
- Do your younger children know how to use a phone to dial 9-1-1?
- If your only house phone is a cell phone, is it locked? If so, how will your child be able to access it in an emergency?
- Does your younger child know your address if you’re unable to speak for yourself?
- If someone chokes or becomes unconscious, will your child(ren) know what to do?
- Do you have family, friends, or neighbors who live close by that your child can go to for help?
- If you require first aid, do you have a first aid kit in your home?
- Does your child know where to find the first aid kit?
- Have they been shown how to dress a wound or apply pressure for deep wounds?
- Does your child know what to do if there’s a fire?
- Do you have a safe spot for your family to meet once outside?
I encourage you to take the time to sit down with your family and review some of these situations and what your kids can or should do in the event of an emergency. Don’t underestimate your preschoolers! They can retain so much more information than we sometimes give them credit for. By the first day of kindergarten, my daughter remembered every detail on the tag for her backpack!
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