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Article: PROTECTING KIDS FROM CHOKING, SUFFOCATION, STRANGULATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 2 -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued the following news release:
Airway obstruction - choking, strangulation or suffocation - is the leading cause of accidental death in infants and the fourth leading cause of accidental death in children ages 14 and under. Each year in the U.S., approximately 890 children ages 14 and under die from airway obstruction injuries. The majority of childhood choking, suffocation and strangulation incidents occur in the home.
"Small children have small airways," says Cherie Sage, State Director for Safe Kids Kansas, "Kids are always putting small objects in their mouths, and it doesn't take much to choke a child." Most ...
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