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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A dresser, TV stand, or shelf fell onto a child.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child under drawer unit, feet visible, furniture at angle.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Quiet child under furniture worse sign than crying.
Scene hazards: Unstable stack, Sharp edges, Electrical TV
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Get helpers to lift unit vertically together on count.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Someone ready to pull child clear gently once lifted.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Start CPR if no breathing after release.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Check whole body — abdomen can be injured without visible wound.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Furniture crush, child age, breathing after lift.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Describe trap time if known.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Crush to abdomen or chest needs hospital even if child runs afterward.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Crush syndrome rare in short events but monitor urine color hours.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT pull child by one arm from under edge.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT re-stack furniture before securing to wall.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Lightweight particle board furniture cannot kill
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Drawers open and shift center of gravity — full unit weight crushes chest of small child.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Delayed rescue because child seemed "just pinned lightly."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Tip-overs crush chest — child may be silent not crying.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — TV and wardrobe units are heaviest killers.