- Raise community awareness
- Provide education programs
- Participate in school and community events
- Initiate public policy changes
- Monitor product safety
Every year, nearly 10,000 children come to our Emergency Department with an injury that could have been prevented.
Safe Kids Mid-South is our answer to the overwhelming numbers of accidental childhood injuries and deaths. By teaching safety, improving laws and helping to make homes, schools, community centers and streets more child friendly, we are working to make those numbers smaller and smaller.
Safe Kids includes a number of different “Action Teams” that address various injury risk areas and determine prevention strategies. These include:
Car and Road Safety
Bicycle Safety
- Bicycle Safety Flyer
- Bicycle Safety Rodeos
- Design a Helmet Activity Sheet
- Helmets on the Move Activity Sheet
- Helmet Fitting Stations
- Radhika Takes a Ride Bicycle Safety Curriculum (4th grade education)
Child Passenger Safety
- Child Safety Seat Flyer (English)
- Child Safety Seat Flyer (Spanish)
- CountDown2Drive (Pre-teen Education)
- Safe Kids Mid-South Car Seat Safety Flyer
Pedestrian Safety (Walk This Way)
- Cross Guard Appreciation
- Pedestrian Safety Activity Sheet
- Pedestrian Safety Flyer
- Environmental Changes (Great Streets)
- School Zone Committees
Home Safety
Infant Safety
- Crib Safety Flyer
- Infant Safety
- Safe Sleep
Family Safety
- Button Battery Safety
- Cooking Safety Flyer
- Falls Activity Sheet
- Falls Safety Flyer
- Fire and Burn Safety Flyer
- Firearm Maze Activity Sheet
- Firearm Safety Flyer
- Fire Safety Maze Activity Sheet
- Fire Safety Search Activity Sheet
- Halloween Safety Activity Sheet
- Halloween Safety Flyer
- Holiday Season Safety Flyer
- Home Safety Activity Sheet
- Liquid Laundry Detergent
- Poison Safety Flyer
- Safety Message Activity Sheet
- Safety Rules Activity Sheet
- Safety Word Scramble Activity Sheet
- Shopping Cart Safety Flyer
- TV Tip-Overs
Sports and Play Safety
Emergency Preparedness
- 911 Safety
- Basic First Aid Classes
- Emergency Phone Numbers Activity Sheet
- Important Phone Numbers Flyer
- Family and Friends CPR
- First Aid Kit Flyer
- Stop the Bleed
Safe Kids Mid-South is part of Safe Kids Worldwide, global campaign dedicated to the prevention of unintentional injuries to children. An overall decrease in accidental injury has been documented since the local coalition's inception in 1992.
Check out this video that shows one of our programs that began in 2008.
For more information, please call 901-287-6730.