A little girl was electrocuted by a phone cable and admitted to hospital.
The Australian mom whose name is not revealed how her daughter was ‘thrown across the room’ from electrical shock while trying to plug the charger.
She took to Facebook to share the incident with other parents and warned other parents to be careful. Her post has garnered thousands of likes and comments, other parents showed their concern saying they will be more careful from now on.
The mother wrote on Facebook, ”My daughter was admitted into the hospital Monday after receiving a pretty bad electrical shock from trying to plug my phone charger in.”
”Unfortunately, this happened right in front of me. I didn’t realize she knew how to attempt to plug in a charger until it was too late.”
”The power strip she tried plugging the charger into (one end was already plugged in, she tried putting the phone part of charger into the outlet) popped, shot sparks and what looked like flames and black smoke and threw her a few feet across the living room.”
”She was quiet for a few seconds then started screaming and crying….In ER they found an entrance wound but not an exit which worried them that it zapped her heart.”
”She needed to stay overnight to monitor her heart. Thankfully she is okay besides a burn on her hand. Even though my house is baby proofed with outlet covers, door stoppers, baby gates, stove knob covers etc, my baby still got hurt from something I stupidly never even considered would be an issue. Needless to say all power strips will be hidden in spots she can not get too from now on.”
The viral came to CPR Kids’ notice and they posted warning writing, ‘For electrical burns, always remember to first switch off the circuit breaker (safety switch) before touching your injured child – so that you yourself don’t also become a victim and can then no longer assist your child.
”Also, be prepared to follow DRSABCD (as electrical injuries can cause damage to the heart and other organs), before following REMOVE, COOL, COVER, SEEK as demonstrated in our first aid for burns video.”
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