If a child gets a small burn from a hot pan, starts choking or swallows medication, parents may struggle to decide whether to provide first aid at home or rush them to the hospital, suggests a new national poll.
Only half of parents were confident that they would know what to do if their child were choking and 1 in 10 parents would immediately take their child to the ER for a minor burn, according to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at the University of Michigan. Nearly a third of parents would take their child to the emergency room for swallowed pills.
