By Leanne Shelton The Christmas after I turned 16 and got my driver’s license, one of my Christmas presents from my Dad was a toolbox filled with tools and jumper cables for my car. Now, as a 16-year-old, I was less than thrilled with this gift. I didn’t appreciate it at the time, but now…
By Leanne Shelton Meg Root, a nurse and Shoen Safety alum, and a team of Johnson & Johnson employees have saved the life of one of their own colleagues with the use of a Philips HeartStart AED and CPR! Late in the afternoon on January 9, 2020, Sharon Price found a colleague unresponsive and cyanotic…
By Leanne Shelton As a kid, I never really enjoyed Halloween. Sure, I dressed up and went out trick or treating, but it wasn’t that much fun to me. I’m learning to enjoy it now that I am a parent. More than anything, I love the excitement on my boys’ faces when they are deciding…
By Leanne Shelton I think we can all agree… public restrooms are gross. No one likes to use them. It’s bad enough when you walk into an especially dirty restroom and see nasty filth all over, but it’s even worse thinking about the germs and bacteria that we cannot see lurking on the surfaces. In…
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…
By 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…
By 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.…
By 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…
The 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…
LifeVac: 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…