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Westchester Medical Center Explains How Avoid 'Tricks' This Halloween Westchester Medical Center Explains How Avoid 'Tricks' This Halloween
Westchester Medical Center Explains How Avoid 'Tricks' This Halloween Each year, 4,400 trick-or-treaters across the country are taken to a hospital. Dr. Mark Papish, associate medical director of Emergency Medicine at MidHudson Regional Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), shared strategies to minimize risk.  First, remember that one-third of Halloween injuries involve lacerations from pumpkin-carving. “Using a children’s pumpkin-carving knife that is serrated, but not sharp, can mitigate this risk,” said Papish. “You can also have young children paint the pumpkin instead.” Costumes should also be well thought out. …

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