Banner Health experts gives tips on fireworks, hydration, water safety, snakes and other topics
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PHOENIX (July 3, 2018) – Fourth of July means celebrations, barbeques and gatherings and Banner Health experts are offering some advice and tips on how to stay safe during this holiday and the rest of the summer.
Our online newsroom offers these ready-to-edit videos on these topical summertime safety topics:
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Fireworks: Kids and their short arms can be a recipe for disaster around fireworks. Banner Children’s Injury Prevention Coordinator Tracey Fejt gives some common-sense advice. Glo sticks anyone?
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Why it’s important to drink water: Robert Porter, DO, Emergency-department director at Banner Goldfield Medical Center and Banner Ironwood Medical Center, shares what he sees in the Emergency department when people aren’t well hydrated.
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How to keep your children safe around water: Banner Children’s Injury Prevention Coordinator Tracey Fejt talks about the importance of designating adults to watch children around water and gives other critical water-safety tips.
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Snakes: Warmer weather means snakes. Frank LoVecchio, DO, assistant medical director for Banner Poison and Drug Information Center, provides essential information on how to avoid snakes and what to do if you are bit.
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Bees: It’s safe to assume that the bees you encounter are the more aggressive Africanized bees. Frank LoVecchio, DO, assistant medical director for Banner Poison and Drug Information Center, explains how bee stings can be deadly.
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Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health is one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country. The system owns and operates 28 acute-care hospitals, Banner Health Network, Banner – University Medicine, academic and employed physician groups, long-term care centers, outpatient surgery centers and an array of other services; including Banner Urgent Care, family clinics, home care and hospice services, pharmacies and a nursing registry. Banner Health is in six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. For more information, visit www.BannerHealth.com.