By Leanne Shelton With the summer swimming season upon us, it is important to follow proper water safety rules in order to be prepared and prevent a possible emergency situation. Adults and swimmers of all ages should swim with a buddy. Children who need a life jacket should only wear U.S. Coast Guard approved life…
DetailsBy Leanne Shelton At Shoen Safety & Training, we love our pets, and we know you do too! We get a lot of requests for pet first aid information. In response, we have decided to write this blog post with some basic pet first aid. Wound Care If your pet is bleeding, apply direct pressure…
DetailsBy Leanne Shelton Burns are one of the most common household injuries. There certainly are a lot of ways that someone could get burned in the home – touching the stove, with boiling water, touching something in the oven, using curling irons and hair straighteners, brewing coffee, and the list could go on and on.…
DetailsBy Leanne Shelton Last summer, my oldest son flipped over the handlebars on his bike. I have three boys, and we’ve been through stitches and broken bones before. So when he came inside screaming and bleeding, I remained pretty calm as I treated his chin wound and got ready to take him to urgent care…
DetailsThe Symptoms and Stages of Frostbite By Leanne Shelton A few weeks ago in Phoenixville the high temperature was a mere 16 degrees. It was one of those days that when you walked outside, the insides of your nose instantly froze. Of course that is the day my kids decided they wanted to set up…
DetailsLifeVac: Created to Save Lives from Choking By Leanne Shelton As I mentioned in a previous blog post, when I was pregnant with my first son, I was so afraid of him choking and not knowing what to do that I became CPR certified. I didn’t know this at the time, but one child…
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When and How to Administer an EpiPen By Leanne Shelton Food allergies in children are becoming increasingly more common. Most schools have peanut free tables in the cafeteria. And when you send in a snack for a party, it usually has some sort of ingredient restrictions. I would bet that we can all…
DetailsBe Prepared and Get CPR/First Aid Certified By Leanne Shelton Not long ago, a friend of mine was out to dinner with her family – husband, three daughters, and son. They had been out all day and were very hungry. Her 13-year-old daughter was so hungry, she didn’t even take off her jacket. As…
DetailsThe Best Ways to Take a Person’s Temperature By Leanne Shelton A week before Christmas, my four-year-old son was sick. He was coughing and congested for a few days and then a fever developed. It was on a Sunday, so I took him to urgent care to get checked for an ear infection.…
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