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Read MoreKids and outdoor fun go together in the summer, they are extra excited with all of the fun activities happening!
It is important to keep our children safe during these summer months! Please be aware of the following precautions.
Fireworks may be a summer celebration tradition, but it’s a dangerous one. In 2020, emergency departments across America treated over 15,000 people for injuries related to fireworks use.
About 2500 of those were children under the age of 15. Sparklers accounted for around 900.
Keep your kids safe from burn injuries by:
The most commonly diagnosed cancer in America is skin cancer. Although skin cancer in children is rare, the sun protection habits they learn now can help protect them for a lifetime. Serious sunburn now can affect their risk of developing cancer later. You don’t need to keep your kids indoors to protect them from the sun’s rays. Instead:
Ticks are tiny arachnid parasites that feed on their hosts. Although it’s rare, their bite may transmit Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF). Ticks are active between May and October and can hitch a ride into your home on kids, pets, and clothing. After your children or pets have been outside:
Even the most careful planning can’t prevent every illness or injury. If your child has a sunburn, tick bite, injury from fireworks – or other illnesses or injuries from their summer fun – Internal Medicine & Pediatric Clinic Urgent Care is here for you.
Our caring staff can expertly treat coughs, nausea, sore throat, fever, bumps and scrapes, and other illnesses or minor accidents. And you never need an appointment.
Urgent Care hours:
Mon – Fri: 7:00 am – 6:00 pm. Sat: 8:30 am = 3:00 pm.
Closed Sunday.
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