Comments on: Window Blind Recall

By: ER nurse

ER nurse — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:31:52 +0000

Yep… Pedi codes tend to ruin everyones day.

By: Your ER Doc

Your ER Doc — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:01:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing everyone. Celeste – yes indeed ballons can be a major hazard!

By: Celeste

Celeste — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:19:55 +0000

Balloons are a VERY overlooked choking hazard.

By: G

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:47:01 +0000

A girlfriend’s son — don’t know the age but was probably around 6-8 yo at the time had wrapped the blind tie around his neck and decided to pretend to fly. He still has a scar around his neck from the string-burns.

It happens. Do you have children? THANK GOD I don’t have boys — their injuries would break my heart!

Great blog and information!

Children can also do really dumb things like eat bleach, automatic dish detergent and prescription medications which taste HORRIBLE. go figure…

-G

By: Liz A.

Liz A. — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:30:07 +0000

Apparently my babysitter growing up had a child choke on a peppermint, so we were never allowed any hard candy unless we we were sitting down. She also wouldn’t let us have any water when we took cough medicine either, so her reasoning could be a bit old fashioned. I vaguely remember a story when I worked in a Path lab of a little boy in a crib and the string ties used for the bedding and trying to find his binkie. I think they’re all Velcro now though.

I keep my blind strings draped up over the top because I have dogs, and they’re really dumb.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:10:16 +0000

I always tie the pull strings in lots of knots about 3 inches apart and then put a little tac up above my head to hang the string on when the shade is up.
When its down the knots in it makes it way too short to reach.