COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY (Home Accidents and Prevention)

COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, is for everybody that lives in any home. It covers identification and pertinent discussion of prevention of numerous domestic accidents. These accidents pertain to people, animals and inanimate things. Examples of these accidents include, sharp objects e.g. razor blade and knife cuts; falls, slips, house fires, carbon monoxide exposure, burns and scalds, drowning, choking and suffocating. Others are home accidents involving electrical connections, parked vehicles, use of ladder, hallways, perimeter, garden, garage and stores, It discusses safety measures in all the above as well as in swimming pools, sitting room, bedroom, toilet and bathroom, kitchen, laundry room underground room; and safety among elderly people and people with disability. The book is for whoever lives in any home.

The main purpose of this book is to identify and prevent, as much as possible, accidents and risks that can lead to serious injury and even death within the home and its surroundings. The philosophy behind this publication is “Prevention is safer, surer, cheaper and preferable to cure or treatment”. The instances and standpoint in this book deal mainly with most modern homes in many African cities or countries, especially Nigeria.