Childhood Injury Prevention Handbook

Children’s of Alabama

SELF-INFLICTED HARM

Strangulation, ingestion, shooting and cutting does occur in the pediatric age group. Keep guns and all potential weapons locked up and away from children/teens.

For more information or assistance, call the Suicide Prevention number: 1-800-273-8255.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. You can also reach Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

Poison Control Nationwide, Statewide and Local: 1-800-222-1222 Child Passenger Safety Hotline 1-800-504-9768 (For help installing your car seat)

ThinkFirst Program Julie Farmer Julie.Farmer@childrensal.org, 205-638-2729

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 988

For additional copies of the handbook or to order more, please call Children’s of Alabama Strategic Communications and Marketing at 205-638-6660.

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