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Hot weather and sun safety

Playing outdoors is a part of life in Australia. 

When kids are outdoors, it’s important to protect their young skin from the harmful effects of Ultraviolet (UV) rays and know the risks of heat-related illnesses. 

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Hot weather and sun safety for kids

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Safety and injury prevention
  • Home safety
    • Poisons safety
    • Baby proofing the house
    • Balconies, windows and railing safety
    • Staying safe around pets
    • Choosing safe toys
    • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Burns and fire safety
    • Prevent fires in the home
    • Teaching your child
    • Burns and scalds
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  • Water safety
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    • Summer safety
  • Hot weather and sun
    • Sun safety
    • Staying sun safe at the snow
    • Managing sunburn
    • Heat exhaustion and heatstroke
  • Outdoor safety
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    • Farm and recreational vehicles
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  • Medication safety
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    • Understanding diabetes
    • Monitoring blood glucose levels (BGLs)
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  • Protecting your child
    • Child protection and safe people in the community
    • Smacking a child
    • Online safety
    • Evaluating health information online
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Last updated Monday 17 June 2024

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network acknowledges that our facilities are built on the lands of the Bidjigal, Cammeraygal, Burramattagal, Cabrogal, Wangal, and Woddi Woddi. Our services extend across the lands now known as New South Wales. 

Aboriginal people believe these lands hold the ancestral spirits of those who have come and gone before them.

We acknowledge this is, was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

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