水珠、纽扣电池和磁铁：RCEM 对圣诞玩具发出“安全闪光”警告

急诊医学专家对今年圣诞节可能送给孩子们的一种流行玩具表示担忧。英国皇家急诊医学院 (RCEM) 发布了关于水珠的“安全提示”，水珠通常作为玩具销售。

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).

根据英国皇家急诊医学学院 (RCEM) 的安全提示，水珠、纽扣或纽扣电池以及磁铁等物品如果被儿童吞食，可能会造成严重伤害。

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.

这些珠子通常用于压力球、感官玩具和艺术套件中，当它们接触液体时，可以膨胀至原始尺寸的 400 倍。这可能会在大约 36 小时内发生。

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.

如果在还很小的时候被摄入，它们就会在儿童体内扩张，可能导致肠梗阻，可能需要手术干预，并且 X 射线无法检测到。

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.

该安全警报旨在确保急诊医生了解要寻找的症状，但它也向父母和护理人员发出潜在危险的警告。

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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 安全提示还提请注意儿童吞咽纽扣电池或纽扣电池和磁铁的相关风险，并指出这些物品如果摄入可能会对儿童和弱势成年人构成威胁。

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.

尤其是纽扣电池和纽扣电池，可能会卡在幼儿的食管中，由于腐蚀组织的化学反应而导致严重伤害或死亡。

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.

健康服务安全调查机构 2019 年的一份报告强调了一名三岁女孩在父母不知情的情况下意外吞下纽扣电池的悲惨死亡事件。

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

此外，学院之前发出的警报强调了儿童摄入超强磁铁的严重风险。

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.

这些磁铁可能会在肠道的不同部位相互吸引，导致严重受伤甚至肠穿孔，这需要紧急手术干预。

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.

皇家急诊医学院副院长萨尔瓦·马利克博士说：“在这个节日里，这三件物品中的任何一件都可能出现在你的树下或袜子里，藏在旨在给孩子或孩子带来欢乐的礼物中。”易受伤害的人，但如果吞下，可能会导致危重疾病并需要紧急医疗救治。

“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.

“作为一名急诊科医生，我见过父母握着孩子的手，看着他们躺在急诊室的床上，因为他们吞下了其中一种物品，需要紧急护理。

“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.

“作为一名家长，我可以想象，对于妈妈、爸爸、奶奶、爷爷、阿姨、叔叔、兄弟、姐妹，当然还有孩子自己来说，这将是多么可怕和痛苦的经历。

“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.

“在亲眼目睹了这些影响可能是毁灭性和有害的之后，我们要求人们在本季选择和赠送礼物时三思而后行。

“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.”

“我们还通过传播这些安全警示来提高急诊科内部的认识，以确保急诊科的同事了解并了解危险，并配备最好的临床指导来治疗儿童或弱势群体，如果他们在吞下这些后寻求帮助的话。对象。”

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