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HI, MY NAME IS RAKESH MISTRY.
I'M AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
HERE AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
HALLOWEEN-RELATED INJURIES.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW, HALLOWEEN IS ONE OF THE MORE FUN TIMES
OF THE YEAR.
CHILDREN ARE TRICK-OR-TREATING,
THEY'RE DRESSING UP.
IT'S FUN FOR PARENTS AND FOR CHILDREN.
YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH,
HALLOWEEN IS ACTUALLY A TIME FOR DANGER AND MISCHIEF
AS WELL.
NOW, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A FEW THINGS YOU
SHOULD KEEP IN MIND AS A PARENT WHEN TAKING CARE
OF YOUR CHILDREN DURING HALLOWEEN.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT
PEDESTRIAN-RELATED INJURIES.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IF YOU LOOK AT DATA FROM THE CENTER
FOR DISEASE CONTROL, CHILDREN ARE FOUR TIMES
AS LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT ON
HALLOWEEN COMPARED TO ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SUPERVISING YOUR CHILDREN
VERY CLOSELY AND THAT THEY PRACTICE GOOD TRAFFIC SAFETY.
IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINK ABOUT
ARE KNIFE-RELATED INJURIES OR LACERATIONS.
FROM WHAT?
FROM PUMPKINS.
WE ALL LOVE TO CARVE PUMPKINS DURING THIS TIME
OF YEAR.
KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU SHOULD USE A VERY SHORT KNIFE
AND KEEP THE PUMPKIN ON A FIRM SURFACE TO AVOID ANY
INJURIES TO YOUR CHILDREN.
WE ALSO LIKE TO LIGHT THE PUMPKINS TO MAKE THEM LOOK
REALLY NICE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT FIRE IS ACTUALLY ONE
OF THE NUMBER ONE CAUSES OF DANGER DURING THIS TIME
OF YEAR AS WELL.
SO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU SHOULD USE FIRE RETARDANT
CLOTHING TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL BURNS,
AND MAKE SURE CHILDREN PRACTICE VERY GOOD FIRE
SAFETY AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO INJURIES, WE CONCERN OURSELVES
WITH SOME ILLNESSES AS WELL.
WHAT KIND OF ILLNESSES?
WELL, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE COSTUMES AS WELL.
CHILDREN LIKE TO PAINT THEIR FACES.
THEY LIKE TO LOOK LIKE DRACULA OR LIKE FRANKENSTEIN.
THE PAINTS THAT YOU USE CAN ACTUALLY BE ALLERGENIC
AS WELL, SO YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND,
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THE STORE TO PURCHASE SOME
OF THESE PAINTS, THAT THEY'RE HYPOALLERGENIC IN NATURE
TO AVOID ANY OF THESE REACTIONS TO THE SKIN.
AND FINALLY, THE CANDY; CANDY IS THE MOST FUN PART
OF THIS TIME OF YEAR.
CHILDREN LIKE TO EAT LOTS OF IT AND LIKE TO GET LOTS
OF IT WHEN THEY'RE TRICK-OR-TREATING.
AS A PARENT, YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH,
THAT THERE ARE, ALTHOUGH RARE, INSTANCES OF TAMPERING.
YOU SHOULD SORT THROUGH THE CANDY AND MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF TAMPERING WITH THE CANDY ITSELF,
AND ALSO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE PORTIONS OF CANDY
TO YOUR CHILDREN AS WELL.
EAT TOO MUCH CANDY, YOU GET A STOMACHACHE,
AS WE ALL KNOW.
SO REMEMBER, THIS TIME OF YEAR IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
YOU'RE SAFE AND THAT YOU'RE SMART AND THAT YOU PREVENT
ANY POTENTIAL INJURIES OR ILLNESSES YOUR CHILD CAN GET.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS RAKESH MISTRY FROM THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
OF PHILADELPHIA.