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Latest Post

  • December 18, 2014
  • By cpr_ben

Button Batteries Present Dangers To Children

 

Image showing button, or coin cell batteries in packages.

It is holiday season. Your favorite relative just sent your child a greeting card that sings. When opened, it starts playing one of those songs you haven’t heard enough of on the radio or out at the mall. Yea – you just can’t get enough of jingle bells, so you can have it every time the card is opened. Your three year old loves this song so much that he just plays it over, and over, and over… You get the point, and those songs are great, don’t get me wrong. My point here is, there is a button battery in that card that if swallowed, can and does kill. The dangers of button batteries are real, so be careful that a child doesn’t get one and swallow it.

While we cover all sorts of topics in our CPR Classes, this one hasn’t been covered by us, up to now. Parents of a child who survived swallowing a button battery dedicated a website that presents valuable information about the dangers of button batteries. Their website is here: http://www.emmettsfight.com/education.html

These batteries are extremely dangerous if swallowed.

Emmet’s Fight website explains some of the following facts:

  • Saliva triggers an electrical current when a coin lithium button battery gets stuck in a child’s throat.
  • This causes a chemical reaction that can severely burn the esophagus in as little as two hours.
  • Damage can continue even AFTER the battery is removed.
  • Repairing the damage is painful and can require feeding tube, breathing tubes and multiple surgeries.
  • Spotting the problem is difficult.  Children can usually breathe with the battery in their throat

Awareness can help everyone enjoy products safely.

Many of these products have button batteries:

  • Small remote controls
  • Calculators
  • Flashlights and laser pointers
  • Children’s books that talk or sing
  • Electronic thermometers
  • Flameless candles

These are all useful or fun items (except the singing books and cards) and with a bit of awareness, we can keep the button batteries out of the hands of our little ones who love to put things in their mouths. Especially shiny things.