Attention parents! Children's electrical injuries and their prevention

We call lesions in the human body under the influence of external factors in one word-injuries. Childhood trauma is a huge problem that can radically change the life of both a parent and a child. According to statistics, injuries occur mainly in children of primary school age (7-11 years). Injuries occur much more often in boys (70%) than in girls. Injuries are one of the main causes of death of children over three years old. In the world, more children die from accidents than from various infections. There are not so many main causes of childhood injuries: The main thing is the carelessness of adults who think that nothing terrible can happen in real conditions. The second is the negligence of adults who improperly perform their duties, whether they are officials or parents of children. In addition, the discipline of children also has a great influence on the level of child injuries. The Department of the Committee for Nuclear and Energy Supervision and Control for the city of Nur-Sultan in this article will talk about some issues of prevention of children's injuries from electric shock.Dangerous current.First of all, it is necessary to understand the causes of electric shock. Usually people think that 10 kV (10,000 volts) equipment is much more dangerous than 220 volts. But this is an erroneous opinion. In fact, the damaging factor of an electric current does not depend on the voltage, but on its strength. Therefore, any household appliance can be dangerous. A current of more than 10 mA (0.01 amperes) can cause a strong, heavy blow, and a current of 100 to 200 mA (0.1 to 0.2 amperes) can lead to death! At the same time, it is necessary to know that if the current strength is higher than 10 milliamps, then the muscle pull is so strong that it cannot weaken the shock wiring of the victim. At a current of more than 20 milliamps, breathing becomes difficult and completely stops at a current strength of about 100 mA. Prevention of children's injuries from electrical injuries. Child injuries and their prevention are a very serious and serious problem, especially during school holidays.Above, we talked about the causes of electric trauma. This is, first of all, the inconvenience of the external environment, the indifference, the indifference of adults, the carelessness of children in everyday life, on the street. The psychological characteristics of children also contribute to the occurrence of injuries: learning ability, great mobility, emotionality, lack of life experience, and hence the lack of a sense of danger. It is necessary to prevent these risks and protect children from them in all possible ways. The work should constantly go in two directions: 1. eliminating the possibility of electric trauma; 2. regularly conduct classes for children on the main methods of preventing children's electric injuries. Special attention should be paid to residential buildings, educational facilities, sports, construction sites, entrances and basements of residential buildings, etc., as well as any existing electrical installations (power lines, substations, equipment, regardless of the voltage class) located in the immediate vicinity of household appliances.