Today Show Health – Jeff Rossen and Josh Davis
“A warning about kids getting into your medication: A new study shows more children are being rushed to hospitals. That new study out this week from Safe Kids Worldwide shows there are more than 1,100 emergency calls every day about a young child getting into medicine or getting too much medicine by accident. We assume that child safety caps will protect our kids: After all, you have to push down, and twist. You may think: “I’m an adult and even I have a hard time with these safety caps sometimes. So how could a little kid open it?” Even for preschoolers, it can be child’s play. Kate Carr is president and CEO of the watchdog group Safe Kids, and says these caps may be part of a bigger problem. A new report just out shows a stunning 30 percent spike over the past decade in young kids accidentally poisoned by medication. In 2011 alone, 67,000 children were rushed to hospitals for it.”(more)