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How To Swim Safely At Your Home Pool Drowning is the second-leading cause of injury-related death in children. Each year, about 1,000 children drown and another 4,000 are hospitalized for near-drowning, usually in a pool owned by their family. Over 60 percent of children who drown in pools are under age four. These tragedies do not have to happen. How To Ride Your Bicycle Safely Each year, about 500,000 people require emergency room treatment due to bicycle crashes, and about 800 people die. Approximately 75 percent of the deaths result from a head injury. Following are some simple, easy-to-follow guidelines that will keep the pleasure in biking. How To Enjoy Camping Safely Like any other human endeavor, successful and safe camping adventures require planning and cautious forethought. How To Keep Your Child Safe On A Playground According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 200,000 children are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year as a result of injuries related to playground equipment, and about 15 children die. Here are some suggestions to help your kids "Run along and play safely." How To Teach Your Teen To Drive Safely Teens and automobiles are a dangerous combination. In fact, car crashes are the leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 13 and 19. You need to be sure your teen is adequately prepared to get behind the wheel of an automobile. How To Prevent Poisonings According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than two million unintentional human poisoning exposures a year in the United States, and approximately 20,000 deaths. These accidents can be prevented. How To Protect Your Eyes More than 200,000 Americans each year are treated in emergency rooms for eye injuries, and nearly a million people have permanently lost some degree of their eyesight due to injury. Almost all of these mishaps could have been avoided. How To Choose A Safe Child Care Program Current studies show that more than half of America's children under the age of six attend an out-of-home child care program. Here are some tips to help you find a safe program for your child. How To Work Safely In Your Home Office Tens of millions of Americans do some office work from their homes. Unfortunately, accidents occur due to a lack of attention to safety. How To Drive Safely In The City City driving is filled with hassles and delays, but these minor inconveniences aren't going to be avoided through reckless or rude behavior. The best advice is to maintain a calm and patient attitude. How To Help People With Disabilities Live Safely People with impaired vision, hearing, balance, or mobility face special safety challenges we may not have considered. But there are some things we can do to be more helpful to disabled people, whether the disability is temporary or permanent. How To Keep Your Grandkids Safe When They Visit Grandchildren are truly a blessing. They rejuvenate and bring a great new sense of excitement and discovery. But there's also the serious downside of knowing that if anything happens on your watch, you've failed your own children. How To Use Power Tools Safely According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 100,000 people each year suffer injuries that require emergency room treatment from using home power tools. Power tools are wonderful devices, but they can be very harmful if you don't take the time to learn and follow the proper safety procedures. How To Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning kills over 400 people a year in the U.S., and causes over 10,000 to become ill. Sone preventive steps can eliminate this hazard in your home. How To Drive Safely At Night And During The Fall Everyone sees less well at night. In fact, you are more than three times as likely to be involved in a fatal crash at night as during daylight hours. Here are some tips to keep in mind as the seasons change. How To Hunt Safely With A Gun In a recent year about 80 fatalities and 750 nonfatal injuries occurred to U.S. hunters, according to the International Hunter Education Association. If you are among the millions of Americans who take to the fields with a loaded firearm, keep these things in mind. Alcohol Safety It's possible to stay sober and have a good time. It's also possible to have a few drinks and stay safe. Here are some suggestions for taming the party spirits. How To Stay Safe During Storms While storms are necessary to our existence, they also present a threat to it. Still, there are steps we can take to outwit the forces of nature. How To Run Safely Running is a great way to get in shape. But there are precautions you must take to avoid injuries, to prevent accidents, and to avert those rare circumstances where there are people who might intend to harm you. How To Keep Your Toddler Safe Accidents are the leading cause of death for children over one year of age. Between the ages of six months and two years, children are beginning to walk, run, climb, jump and explore everything. It's a wonderful time for their development, but a time when adults need to watch them like hawks. How To Use Hand Tools Safely There is a right way and a wrong way to use hand tools, but a lot of people don't seem to know it. In fact, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, each year more than 100,000 injuries require hospital treatment due to misuse of hand tools. How To Protect Vehicle Occupants Superior engineering is making automobiles safer, but drivers and passengers must use safety belts and air bags to add an extra layer of safety. How To Protect Yourself From Hypothermia Old Man Winter can be a brutal companion if you aren't adequately prepared to keep his company. About 600 Americans die every year due to hypothermia, and many more are injured. How To Enjoy The Snow And Ice Safely There is nothing prettier than snow and ice twinkling in the sun, but there are also few things more treacherous. How To Enjoy Arts And Crafts Hobbies Safely Hobbies help adults and children relax and develop new skills. But in our desire to enjoy our hobbies, we must not overlook the dangers that exist with some hobbies. Practicing safe habits is a vital part of any hobby activity. How To Keep Your Child Safe On The Internet The Internet can be a source of entertainment and information for your children, and it will be a workplace tool as they grow older. However, it also poses threats to their safety. This article gives you some tips to help keep your child safe. How To Prevent Home Fires About 3,000 people die each year in home fires in the U.S., and tens of thousands are injured. This article gives you some tips on how to prevent these fires. How To Enjoy The Holidays Safely The holidays should be fun for everyone. This article gives you some tips on how to have a good time in a safe manner. Arrive Alive: How To Drive Long Distances Safely Driving long distances can increase the risk of a motor vehicle accident. This article gives you some tips on how to avoid these dangers. How To Avoid Driving Distractions A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that driver distraction is a factor in 80 percent of all motor vehicle crashes. This article shows you how to avoid these distractions. Halloween - Keeping Your Kids Safe! Halloween is the most dangerous day of the year for kids, according to Prevent Blindness America. The key to safety is developing a Personal Safety Plan for the trick-or-treaters. Our Accident Epidemic And How To Avoid Being A Victim We have an accident epidemic in this country that affects all Americans. The only way to improve your chances of avoiding accidents is to develop customized Personal Safety Plans for all family members. Never Argue With A Big Truck According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 5,000 people die annually in crashes involving large trucks. In collisions between large trucks and cars, 98% of people killed were in the car. This article provides tips to safely manage your encounters with these behemoths:

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