Preventing Accidents in the Home

More than half (54%) of all emergency department presentations are for injuries that happened in the home. Keep yourself and your loved ones safe from common household accidents and injuries by implementing the measures listed in this article.

More than half (54%) of all emergency department presentations are for injuries that have occurred in the home. Every year, more than 150,000 Australian children end up in hospital emergency after being injured in their own homes. 350 child deaths from incidents in the home. More than half of all injuries to children occur at home. In Victoria alone, there were 57,000 child injuries at home each year, from 2012 to 2014. Injury has now replaced disease as the biggest single cause of death to Australian children. Accidents in the home also takes a toll on the elderly, with falls in their own residence accounting for 72% of all seniors who were hospitalised after a fall. This is according to the Trends in Hospitalisations Due to Falls by Older People report, published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare also reported on the danger of do-it-yourself (DIY) home renovations. Close to 4 in 5 DIY injuries result from falls (for example, from ladders) or while using tools and machinery. This leads to hospital treatment for up to 3,300 people a year. The injured are predominantly male, most frequently between the ages of 55 and 74. Thankfully, there are ways to prevent many such dangers in the home. Here are 8 of them.

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