GERMAN TOWNSHIP -- 18-month-old twins are recovering Monday night in German Township after their mom found them pinned under a heavy piece of furniture.
The kids were playing when a dresser with a TV on top tipped over.
Around 10:30 Monday morning, their mother placed the 911 call.
Dispatcher: "911, fire and medical?"
Mother: "I need an ambulance right now, please."
Dispatcher: "Okay what is going on, what apartment?"
Mother: "My daughter and my son just dumped the dresser and the TV fell on top of them"
The one child had a laceration about four inches long on her forehead; the TV landed on the other child's stomach.
The kids were taken to Dayton Children's Medical Center by CareFlight. They are expected to be OK. Monday night, officials with Dayton Children's said the little girl was upgraded to fair condition and the boy had been discharged.
Nationwide, 13,000 tip-over incidents a year end with trips to the hospital. In 2011, one child died every three weeks from a TV tip-over.
Dayton Children's has seen their fair share, too.
"We see a lot of furniture tip-overs where we saw 35 TV tip-overs, we see 75 furniture tip-overs onto kids in a year," said Lisa Schwing, from Dayton Children's.
There are plenty of things you can do at home to protect your children.
"Put heavy stuff in the bottom drawers, let the top part of that furniture be lightweight and the heavy stuff in the bottom, makes it less likely to turn over," said Schwing.
If you have a flat screen TV, mount it to the wall.
"For dressers or high furniture or anything that is top heavy, there are brackets that you can get that can secure that furniture to the wall as well," said Schwing.
Some additional tips include: make sure larger TVs are on a low table that can't topple over. Also have your kids play in an open area, where this type of furniture isn't around. Avoid horseplay and always keep dresser drawers pushed in.
To parents like Angela Nation, who has a 20 month old, supervision is key.
"Babies don't know, they crawl and they explore so you just have to be mindful of that," said Nation.
The kids were playing when a dresser with a TV on top tipped over.
Around 10:30 Monday morning, their mother placed the 911 call.
Dispatcher: "911, fire and medical?"
Mother: "I need an ambulance right now, please."
Dispatcher: "Okay what is going on, what apartment?"
Mother: "My daughter and my son just dumped the dresser and the TV fell on top of them"
The one child had a laceration about four inches long on her forehead; the TV landed on the other child's stomach.
The kids were taken to Dayton Children's Medical Center by CareFlight. They are expected to be OK. Monday night, officials with Dayton Children's said the little girl was upgraded to fair condition and the boy had been discharged.
Nationwide, 13,000 tip-over incidents a year end with trips to the hospital. In 2011, one child died every three weeks from a TV tip-over.
Dayton Children's has seen their fair share, too.
"We see a lot of furniture tip-overs where we saw 35 TV tip-overs, we see 75 furniture tip-overs onto kids in a year," said Lisa Schwing, from Dayton Children's.
There are plenty of things you can do at home to protect your children.
"Put heavy stuff in the bottom drawers, let the top part of that furniture be lightweight and the heavy stuff in the bottom, makes it less likely to turn over," said Schwing.
If you have a flat screen TV, mount it to the wall.
"For dressers or high furniture or anything that is top heavy, there are brackets that you can get that can secure that furniture to the wall as well," said Schwing.
Some additional tips include: make sure larger TVs are on a low table that can't topple over. Also have your kids play in an open area, where this type of furniture isn't around. Avoid horseplay and always keep dresser drawers pushed in.
To parents like Angela Nation, who has a 20 month old, supervision is key.
"Babies don't know, they crawl and they explore so you just have to be mindful of that," said Nation.
