Battery Safety
BATTERY WARNING!
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
If the battery compartment does not close
securely, stop using the product and keep it away
from children.
If you think batteries might have been swallowed
or placed in any part of the body, seek immediate
medical attention.
No Obvious Symptoms
Unfortunately, it is not obvious when a button or
coin battery is stuck in a child’s oesophagus
(food pipe). There are no symptoms associated
with this. The child might:
• Cough, gag or drool a lot
• Appear to have a stomach upset or a virus
• Be sick
• Point to their stomach
• Have pain in their abdomen, chest or throat
• Be tired or lethargic
• Be quieter or more clingy than usual,
or otherwise “not themselves”
• Lose their appetite or have a reduced appetite
• Not want to eat solid food / be unable to eat
solid food
These sorts of symptoms vary or uctuate,
with the pain increasing and then subsiding.
A specic symptom to button and coin battery
ingestion is vomiting fresh (bright red) blood.
If the child does this, seek immediate help.
The lack of clear symptoms is why it is important
to be vigilant with “at” or spare button or coin
batteries in the home and the products that
contain them.
