Choking Prevention; Food that kids most often choke on

Research, they say, shows that the number of food-related injuries by children choking on food is on the rise prompting better guidelines and prevention of choking. Infants and young children under 3 years are particularly inclined to food-choke because they don’t have a full set of teeth to chew and grind the food before swallowing. Children’s high level of activity also prevent oxygen to pass through and can put their life in danger resulting in death.

According to another research, the top food that can be blamed for choking in children under the age of 3 to 7 years are hot dogs, grapes, hard candy, nuts, chewing gum and many more. Because food choking causes nearly one death of a child in the United States, after every five days, doctors and parents call on pediatricians to know more about high-risk products

In this article, we have outlined a list of food items highlighted on the Arabic choking prevention poster UAE to help you identify and disarm the most dangerous ones. These healthful and much-loved childhood food items can turn into potential killers at any time.

1.      Hard Candy

A sweet can become a pill sometimes. When kids crave for something sweet, a sweet candy or a hard peppermint may seem like a good choice. It can satisfy the sweet tooth craving that has no fat and can make a child healthier and a happy caregiver.

Unfortunately, the candy’s texture is difficult for young children to chew and chomp. The round shaped candy with a slick surface can send the candy down the throat before the child realizes it resulting in choking. Children don’t know self-control, when they don’t know how to grind and chew the food, they may try to swallow it whole. As a result, sweets and candies are off limit for children aged 4 years or under.

2.      Grapes

Food like grapes, cherry, olives, tomatoes, and peas are softer than candies. Yet, they are still too firm to be chewed properly by children. Like hard candy, they are round shaped and have a slippery feel that might fool a child thinking that the food can be swallowed whole. Some children even try to do it, just to see if they can. In reality, they don’t realize it might result in choking. These food items can be made safe for kids by cutting them into halves or quarters if they are big.

3.      Peanut Butter

You might not know but Peanut butter has a good record of causing choking in children, especially when having with a bread slice. The same is true for other sticky food, such as cheese slices, cubes, caramel, jelly beans etc.

To reduce the risk, serve peanut butter smeared thinly on bread slice and cut the sandwich into half or quarter pieces.  Avoid sticky or chewy candy (and chewing gum) until your kid is 5 years old.

4.      Hot Dogs

As a choking hazard, hot dogs are considered to be the most dangerous food, responsible for every six deaths in ten children. Hot dogs are dangerous due to 3 factors: its shape, size, and texture. Although every food poses a choking risk in young kids but hot dogs has just the right size and consistency to perfectly suffocate a child. Therefore, the pediatrician reminds all parents to mince or thinly slice hot dog or any kind of meat before giving them to children. The common Arabic choking prevention poster UAE features step by step instructions and guidelines for children aged 1-8 years old.

Almost every Arabic choking prevention poster UAE highlights the top choking hazards for infants and younger children and ways to keep their mealtime safe. The posters can be perfectly placed in schools and cafeterias to serve as a reminder to students to stay cautious.  

The bottom line is to be vigilant about the safety and well-being of your children till they turn 5 years old and make sure your home doesn’t have small things around that kids can put in their mouth

Learning with Diabetic Foot Model Set

Diabetic Foot is an infected foot of a person suffering from diabetes. Common diabetic foot pathologies include diabetic foot ulcer, neuropathic osteoarthropathy and infection. Presence of multiple of these pathologies is a condition known as diabetic foot syndrome.

As there are different realistic models available for different diseases and body parts for learning and demonstration purposes, there is also an availability of different varieties of diabetic foot model set in the market. The models can be very useful in different purposes, doctors and professors can use it to explain the symptoms and conditions in a realistic way to their students and patients. Here are some of the purposes that can be fulfilled with the help of a diabetic foot model set.

Prevention:

The prevention of diabetic foot include regulation of glucose levels, screening and identification of people having a risk of having a diabetic foot. The doctors can show these models to their patients, to make them aware of the complications that can arise if they are infected with a diabetic foot. This helps them emphasize the importance of the precautions that have to be taken by the patients, whether they are diabetic or not, so that they can save themselves from this extremely painful and troublesome condition. Moreover, the patients can be educated about the self-examination and foot care knowledge with the help of diabetic foot model set.

Treatment:

Treatment of a patient suffering from a diabetic foot can be challenging and prolonged as it can include orthopedic appliances, antimicrobial drugs and topical dressings as part of the process. The person treating the patient must be aware of every minor factor and details that counts in order to create a treatment plan and execute it to perfection. For example, in order to stop the infection from spreading, antibiotic therapy is required which is dependent on severity of the infection, whether it is caused by any microorganism that resists antibiotic treatment, and whether the patient has received any antibiotic treatment earlier or not. So, to train the students to enable them to carry out these complicated processes and treatment, the professors and doctors can use a diabetic foot model set.

General Awareness:

Diabetes is one of those ailments regarding which the doctors and health organizations hold seminars and awareness programs. As there is not escape from diabetes once you are infected, these seminars are held so people can be aware of the symptoms, consequences and precautions. In such events, the organizers often use diabetic foot model set in order to educate people about the condition and also help the patients suffering from it to take care of it in a better way.

Using a diabetic foot model set can be utilized by the doctors in even more ways to get positive results for their patients, students and general public. Though it must be made sure that all the demonstrations, lectures and presentations are delivered by experienced and specialized doctors only in order to ensure authenticity of the information delivered.