Never Leave Your Child Alone in a Car - Prevent Heat Stroke.

Warmer weather is approaching and with it the seemingly inevitable news that a child has died from heat stroke while trapped in a vehicle.

It has happened in February with temperatures in the low 70's. But typically around the Ides of March we hear of the first event of the year -- a disturbing, horrific incident of an infant or toddler dying from being trapped in a sweltering car.

The risks and causes of these hyperthermia deaths are well-known, and this tragic mishap occurred 49 times in 2010 -- the worst year since records have been kept.

Prevent Heatstroke/Hyperthermia

Featuring:
Meri-K Appy, President Safe Kids USA
Randy Chhabra, Paramedic, Austin/Travis County CMS
Dr. Pat Crocker, Chief of Emergency Medicine, Dell Children's Medical Center
Robbie Barrera, Trooper, Texas Highway Patrol
Tareka Wheeler, Coordinator, Safe Kids Austin

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Meri-K App
• Prevent Heatstroke
• Heatstroke
• Hyperthermia
• Car Saerty
• Safety
• Kids in cars health

[camaromama79]

Did you know that a child’s body heats up 3 to 5 times faster than an adult’s

[camaromama79]

A child can get hurt in a sec, you should never leave a child along in a car for a sec, they can get hurt and just imagine longer than a sec, the heat builds up faster than you think and leaving them in there with ac on is eve dangerous because they ar ein a vehilcle that can be capable of being put in neutral and cause an accident so more than one reason not to leave a child alone in a car