Screen sohwing the CPSC logo and the text: "CPSC Safety Alert: Increase in Button Battery Use Leading to Increase in Battery-Related Deaths and Injuries"

Audio and video: Kim Dulic, CPSC spokesperson: "This is a button battery. These coin sized batteries can increasingly be found in products used in and around the home".

Video showing size comparison of a button battery and a US nickel coin

Audio and video: Kim Dulic: "As button battery use increases, so does battery related injuries and death. Injuries from button batteries have increased nearly seven fold in recent years".

Video showing several sizes of button battery and a US nickel coin

Audio and video: Dr. Toby Litovitz, Director, National Capital Poison Center: "When children swallow button batteries, the batteries often pass right through the gastro-intestinal tract without any problem at all. The catch is if that battery is large enough to be stuck in the esophagus".

Video showing X-ray images of a button battery stuck in the esophagus

Audio and video: Dr. Litovitz: "When they get stuck in the esophagus, they can burn a hole right through the esophagus. The external current is generating these small amounts of the alkali, or cause erosion right through that child's esophagus. Imagine if it goes through a blood vessel, you would have massive bleeding.So it's a very, very serious case. It's especially a problem in younger children. Children 4 years of age or younger are the ones at most risk, although older children occasionally swallow batteries and have complications too".

Screen showing a 20 millimeter lithium cell.

Audio and video: Dr. Litovitz: "The 20 millimeter lithium cell almost 13 percent of the time gets stuck in the esophagus and causes a serious complication. So that's why we are focusing on the problems associated with this 20 millimeter lithium cell".

Picture showing battery ingestion statistics provided by the American Association of Poison Control Centers

Audio and video: Kim Dulic: "Look around your home to see if you have any button batteries. They can be found in remote controls, games, toys, electronic thermometers, talking books, bathroom scales, and hearing aids, just to name a few".

Screen reading: "Remote Controls, Games, Toys, Electronic Thermometers, Talking Books, Bathroom Scales, Hearing Aids Just to name a few..."

Audio and video: Kim Dulic: "How accessible are your button batteries in your home? Here are a few to help keep your kids safe. Keep remotes and other electronics out of your child's reach if the battery compartments do not have a screw to secure them. Tape may be used to help secure the battery compartment.

Successive screens duplicate the Button Battery Safety Tips

Audio and video: Kim Dulic: "Keep button batteries out of your child's reach. Discard batteries carefully. Do not allow children to play with button batteries".

Audio and video: Kim Dulic: "Never put your batteries in your mouth for any reason, they are easily swallowed accidentally. Always check medications before ingesting them. Adults have swallowed batteries mistaken for pills or tablets".

Audio and video: Dr. Litovitz: If you suspect that your child has swallowed a button battery, then your child needs urgent medical intervention. You need to take your child to the emergency department for an x-ray right away. Don't wait; go straight to the emergency department.".

Screen displays "202-625-3333 Battery Ingestion Hotline", while Dr. Litovitz speaks

Audio and video: Dr. Litovitz: "You can call the battery ingestion hotline at 202-625-3333 for guidance, but get yourself on the way to the emergency department as you make that phone call."

Screen shwing the CPSC logo and the text: "CPSC Safety Alert: Increase in Button Battery Use Leading to Increase in Battery-Related Deaths and Injuries", later replaced by "For more life saving tips go to CPSAC,gov & Poison.org/battery", and then by "Goto SaferProducts.gov to report safety incidents or concerns."

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