Car Safety For Children - Baby Safety Month

SEPTEMBER IS BABY SAFETY MONTH K A LOOK AT CAR SAFETY > EACH DAY AND APPROXIMATELY 88 400 ARE INJURED IN 2 CHILDREN ARE KILLED MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. Take the time to make your car safer by learning some of the common and preventable causes of injury and death among children. ON AVERAGE, CRASH APPROXIMATELY THE A DOZEN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12 ****** FATALITIES NUMBER ONE CAUSE 15 ONLY OF VEHICLE-RELATED FOR CHILDREN DIE EVERY WEEK IS THAT THEIR CAR SEATS CAR SEAT WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. IN AUTOMOBILE CRASHES & IS PROPERLY INSTALLED. THOUSANDS SUFFER SEVER TO DEBILITATING INJURIES. ................ ...................... COMMON MISTAKES MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE 5. MISTAKE MISTAKE 45° INFANT TURNED HARNESS STRAPS FACE-FORWARD REAR-FACING INFANT SEAT USING THE RETAINER CLIP THROUGH THE SEAT TOO LOOSE IN THE CAR HARNESS TOO LOOSE ON THE CHILD TOO SOON NOT ATA 45 ANGLE INCORRECTLY WRONG SLOTS HEAT! THE BODY TEMPERATURE EVEN WITH AN EX TERIOR TEMPERATURE OF AS LITTLE AS OF A CHILD INCREASES 35 110° APPROXIMATELY OE HEAT THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURE OF * CHILD 30% MOST PASSENGER VEHICLES STROKE DEATHS OCCUR WHEN A CHILD CAN STILL REACH DIES APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10 DAYS TIMES FASTER THAN THAT OF AN ADULT. SNEAKS INTO A CAR & FROM HEAT STROKE RELATED INJURIES. CAN'T GET OUT. CHOKING One of the top, non-crash related injuries for children in vehicles is choking on food as a result of sudden stops or sudden movements. 77%6 OF CHILOREN COMMON CHOKING HAZARDS THAT DIE FROM CHOKING ON FOREIGN OBJECTS ARE UNDER THE AGE SMALL WHOLE STICKY FOODS OF 1 YEAR TOYS ROUND FOODS (BLUEBERRIES, GRAPES, CHERRIES, ETC) (PEANUT BUTTER, RAISINS, CRANBERRIES, ETC.) POWER POWER WINDOWS T ONLY TAKES TRAPPED, KILLED WINDOWS OR INJURED OF FORCE POWER WINDOWS POWER CAN EXERT UP TO 22 LBS IN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE 30-80 LBS 11 OF UPWARD FORCE. THOUSANDS TO SUFFOCATE OF CHILDREN ................................ 2 LBS TO ACTIVATE OF FORCE A POWER OR INJURE AN INFANT. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ALONE. IS ALL IT TAKES WINDOW SWITCH. SOURCES THE FRICKEY LAW FIRM HTTP://wwW.KIDSANDCARS.ORG PIRSONAL INJURY | WORKERS CCOMPINSATION | SOCIAL SICURITY DISABILITY HTTP://IPMA.ORG HTTP://www.SAFEKIDS.ORG HTTP://WwW.NHTSA.ORG HTTP://www.HEALTHYCHILDREN.ORG HTTP://wwW.PARENTS.COM/BABY/SAFETY/CAR/BABY-CAR-SEAT-SAFETY-CHECK-AVOID-COMMON-MISTAKES/ HTTP://wwW.REDCROSS.ORG HTTP://wwW.FOODINSIGHT.ORG HTTP://www.CDC.GOV HTTP://www.CPSC.GOV/EN /SAFETY-EDUCATION/SAFETY-GUIDES/ HTTP://wwW.PARENTS.COM/BABY/SAFETY/ ******..........**....