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Hot Potato: Preventing Hot Food Burns in Young Children

by Sara Jackson, CSW Center for Safe & Healthy Families With the cool weather rolling in and fall just around the corner, many of us desire warmer meals on those cool fall evenings. However nourishing, those hot meals can be dangerous for small kids. Hot stoves and scalding water can cause painful and dangerous burns. […]

Transplant Team at Primary Children’s Collaborates on Rare Kidney Exchange

By Primary Children's Hospital September 20, 2013 2 Comments

Ari and Hayley Fershtut have waited for this moment for a long time. On the morning of September 11, 2013 they tearfully said goodbye to 2-year-old Beckham as the anesthesiologist carried him back to the operating room. Their son was going to get a kidney as part of a unique exchange coordinated between Primary Children’s […]

Why a Car Seat May Save Your Child’s Life

By Primary Children's Hospital September 16, 2013 Leave a comment

by Shannon Rice Child Advocacy Specialist Back to school is in full swing and so is driving carpools. Rides for school, lessons, games, and other activities make car-pooling a big part of a parent’s life. As I miss the dog days of summer and run from place to place with a carload of kids, I […]