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 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 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…
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Be 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…
The 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.…
Tips For Preventing a Fire This Holiday Season By Leanne Shelton With Christmas only a little more than a week away, most of us have festively decorated our homes. The lights, the candles, the Christmas trees sure do make our spaces cozy and bright, filled with the holiday spirit. All of these decorations, however, can…
Get Naloxone for Free and Help Prevent a Death By Leanne Shelton In response to the opioid crisis that is rapidly claiming more and more lives to overdoses, the PA State Department of Health created a state-wide initiative, Stop Overdoses in PA: Get Help Now Week, which begins Monday, December 10, 2018. During…
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