水珠、紐扣電池和磁鐵：RCEM 對聖誕玩具發出「安全閃光」警告

急診醫學專家對今年聖誕節可能送給孩子們的一種流行玩具表示擔憂。英國皇家急診醫學院 (RCEM) 發布了關於水珠的“安全提示”，水珠通常作為玩具銷售。

Water beads, button or coin batteries, and magnets are among the items that could cause serious harm if swallowed by children, according to a safety flash from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).

根據英國皇家急診醫學學院 (RCEM) 的安全提示，水珠、紐扣或紐扣電池以及磁鐵等物品如果被兒童吞食，可能會造成嚴重傷害。

The beads, which are often used in stress balls, sensory toys, and art kits, can expand up to 400 times their original size when they come into contact with liquid. This can happen within around 36 hours.

這些珠子通常用於壓力球、感官玩具和藝術套件中，當它們接觸液體時，可以膨脹至原始尺寸的 400 倍。這可能會在大約 36 小時內發生。

If ingested while still small, they can then expand inside a child's body, potentially causing a bowel obstruction that may require surgical intervention and are not detectable on X-rays.

如果在還很小的時​​候就被攝入，它們就會在兒童體內擴張，可能導致腸梗阻，可能需要手術幹預，而 X 光無法被偵測到。

The safety alert aims to ensure emergency doctors are aware of the symptoms to look for, but it is also a warning to parents and caregivers about the potential dangers.

這項安全警報旨在確保急診醫生了解要尋找的症狀，但它也向父母和照護者發出潛在危險的警告。

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The RCEM safety flash also draws attention to the risks associated with children swallowing button or coin batteries and magnets, noting that these items can pose a threat to children and vulnerable adults if ingested.

RCEM 安全提示也提請注意兒童吞嚥紐帶電池或紐帶電池和磁鐵的相關風險，並指出這些物品如果攝入可能會對兒童和弱勢成年人構成威脅。

Button and coin cell batteries, in particular, can become lodged in a young child's food pipe, leading to severe injury or death due to a chemical reaction that erodes tissue.

尤其是紐扣電池和紐扣電池，可能會卡在幼兒的食道中，由於腐蝕組織的化學反應而導致嚴重傷害或死亡。

A 2019 report by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body highlighted the tragic death of a three year old girl who accidentally swallowed a coin battery, without her parents knowing.

健康服務安全調查機構 2019 年的一份報告強調了一名三歲女孩在父母不知情的情況下意外吞下紐扣電池的悲慘死亡事件。

Additionally, a prior alert from the College stresses the severe risks to children ingesting super-strong magnets.

此外，學院先前發出的警報強調了兒童攝取超強磁鐵的嚴重風險。

These magnets may attract one another within different parts of the intestine, leading to grave injuries or even bowel perforation, which requires urgent surgical intervention.

這些磁鐵可能會在腸道的不同部位相互吸引，導致嚴重受傷甚至腸穿孔，這需要緊急手術幹預。

Dr Salwa Malik, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: "Any one of these three objects could be found under your tree or in a stocking this festive season, hidden in gifts that are intended to bring joy to a child or vulnerable person, but which, if swallowed, could result in critical illness and the need for emergency medical treatment.

皇家急診醫學院副院長薩爾瓦·馬利克博士說：「在這個節日里，這三件物品中的任何一件都可能出現在你的樹下或襪子裡，藏在旨在給孩子或孩子帶來歡樂的禮物中。

“As an emergency medicine doctor, I have seen parents holding their child’s hand and watching over them while they lay on a bed in an Emergency Department, in need of urgent care because they have ingested one of these items.

「作為一名急診科醫生，我見過父母握著孩子的手，看著他們躺在急診室的床上，因為他們吞下了其中一種物品，需要緊急護理。

“As a parent, I can imagine how utterly terrifying and a traumatic that would be to go through – for a mum, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, brother, sister and of course, the child themselves.

「身為家長，我可以想像，對於媽媽、爸爸、奶奶、爺爺、阿姨、叔叔、兄弟、姊妹，當然還有孩子自己來說，這將是多麼可怕和痛苦的經歷。

“Having seen the effects first hand, which can be devastating and detrimental, we are asking people to please think twice about the dangers these pose while selecting and gifting presents this season.

「在親眼目睹了這些影響可能是毀滅性和有害的之後，我們要求人們在本季選擇和贈送禮物時三思而後行。

“We are also raising awareness within emergency departments by circulating these safety flashes to ensure our colleagues in emergency departments are aware and informed about the dangers and equipped with the best clinical guidance to treat a child, or vulnerable person should they seek help after swallowing these objects.”

「我們也透過傳播這些安全警示來提高急診科內部的認識，以確保急診科的同事了解並了解危險，並配備最好的臨床指導來治療兒童或弱勢群體，如果他們在吞下這些後尋求幫助的話。

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