The weather was beautiful that weekend, with temperatures just right for opening up the windows and enjoying a breeze.
I was inside doing what I love: working a shift as a pediatric emergency physician. My training and experience had prepared me for almost anything, but I was taken aback when not one, but two of the young patients I treated that afternoon had fallen out of windows.
The Safe Kids Worldwide network of member countries met for a global gathering in Finland to share ideas, issues and challenges in advance of the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion.
The Ultimate Car Seat Guide was developed by Safe Kids Worldwide with support from General Motors. This blog explains how the Guide was created and the issues it seeks to address. It also thanks those parents and experts who helped field test the website before launch.
We must protect kids on the move, and thus it is important that this examination is holistic. It must involve all of us who use roads and highways: cars and trucks, and also bicyclists and pedestrians.
Blog on Child Passenger Safety Week that reveals that Safe Kids Worldwide will host 500 car seat checkup events throughout the month of September. The blog also lists other ways to get information to keep kids safe in cars.
Who says only kids get the back-to-school jitters? Parents are just as likely to get a little anxious, especially when it comes to making sure their kids get to school safely.