[Red Badger]

Be careful and dispose of those lithium batteries properly! Don't leave them on tables, nightstands and especially not on the floor!.....................

[Red Badger]

PING for battery CAUTION!................

[Red Badger]

PING for battery CAUTION!................

[onedoug]

Bundle o’ joy ping....

[Bean Counter]

Let’s fix this one at the source: Stop buying electronic books/toys for your kids/grandkids/nieces/nephews, et al; and get back to buying them books that they can actually read with someone, or that someone has to read to them. If you never bring a coin battery into the house in the first place, the crumb-cruncher will never get the chance to swallow it.

Same with the cheap electronic toys that are everywhere. A good set of wooden blocks in a variety of useful shapes and sizes is preferable to anything electronic in my view.

Lincoln Logs instead of LinkedIn...

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Maker and Porter said it took medical personnel at two hospitals several days to determine what was wrong with the toddler.

And not once did they stop to think that a simple X-Ray might be called for, at least until the parents finally put their foot down and demanded better treatment?

[I still care]

I don’t understand - wouldn’t the first xray they take reveal a metallic battery, even a small one?

[dennisw]

This is how the Reds (Red Chinese in this case) are trying to poison and sap our precious bodily fluids

[DH]

Oh Boy! Here we go again. A new need for some type of government regulation to prevent battery ingestion.

I look around in absolute astonishment at people my age (65) who actually lived our childhoods and survived in a world fraught with dangerous, killer toys, under the sink chemicals, bike rides without protective clothing, and a myriad of other horrible pitfalls and dangers around every corner. My God! We even had tops and marbles to play with!

We even played with........gasp.......mercury!

The fact is that you MUST WATCH YOUR KIDS and pay attention to what they are doing. YOU! Not the government.

[ottbmare]

They did a chest x-ray "almost as a last resort"? What on earth--? A portable chest is SOP in the ER, one of the first things one does, especially if the patient is sticking his tiny finger down his little throat! What incompetence!

[pabianice]

We carried lithium battery-powered sonobouys aboard the P-3. They came with their own warning and emergency procedures for jettisoning then if they malfunctioned.

[nothingnew]

Maker and Porter said it took medical personnel at two hospitals several days to determine what was wrong with the toddler.

Should'a called Dr. House....He would figure it out in a hour.

FMCDH(BITS)

[RobRoy]

>>...and especially not on the floor!<<

I can relate to that floor thing. I slid my bare foot just over the carpet in a room and caught a toothpick that got halfway embedded into my big toe. I had to go to the emergency room and get surgery to get it removed. Even after insurance it cost me $1,200.