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Following tragic death, safety advocates remind caregivers to never leave a child alone in a car and to be on the lookout for children left in cars
Fort Worth, Tex. – As temperatures continue to rise, government officials and health professionals today joined Safe Kids Tarrant County, led by Cook Children’s, at Tarrant County Public Health to discuss ways to prevent child deaths and injuries from heatstroke in hot cars.
Safety advocates remind caregivers to never leave a child alone in a car and to be on the lookout for children left in cars
“You should probably sit out for a few practices, just in case,” my trainer said the day after I was struck in the head by a field hockey ball. An opponent’s powerful shot on goal had struck the side of my head, leaving me dazed for several minutes. I wasn’t showing any symptoms of a concussion the day after, but extra precaution was always in my trainer’s mind. Hits to the head were not an unusual occurrence. Throughout each season, at least one teammate had to sit out because of a possible concussion.
The worst news you can hear involves the death of a child. It's only more upsetting when that death might have been prevented.
This spring, Nedao Abdelghani of Bridgeview, IL died after a relative backing out of a driveway backed over him. He was three years old.
"Back-overs" and "front-overs" are not new. When I was in high school, our neighbor ran over her daughter while she was sunbathing on the driveway. She was hurt very badly and, to this day, has a memory just as painful. Hard to call her "lucky," but families who have lost a child this way would.
Record Numbers of Children Dying in Vehicles This Week
Like many young parents, my wife and I are reaching a point that both excites and terrifies us at the same time - our seven-month-old daughter, Lilly, is starting to crawl. To see her beautiful face light up as she desperately tries to kick, claw and propel herself across our living room is a joy every day.
After 19 deaths this summer, Safe Kids Worldwide, the General Motors Foundation and OnStar team up for day-long social media campaign to remind families to never leave a child alone in a car.
Washington, D.C. – Safe Kids Worldwide is partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the General Motors Foundation and OnStar for today’s National Heatstroke Prevention Day, a day-long social media campaign to raise awareness about heatstroke and the importance of never leaving a child alone in a car.
New Safe Kids Worldwide Report Uncovers Scope of Problem and Offers Solutions for Parents
Washington, D.C. – The increase of medicines in the home since 1980 is staggering: Today there are three times as many prescriptions filled in the U.S. and five times as many dollars spent on over-the-counter medicines. With more medicine in the home than ever before, Safe Kids Worldwide is putting parents on alert to be vigilant about protecting their children from medicine poisoning.
Every 8 Minutes a Child goes to an Emergency Room for Medicine Poisoning
Safe Kids Worldwide Issues Alert: 3 out of 4 ER Visits for Medicine Poisoning are due to Kids Getting into Parents’ or Grandparents’ Medicine
Washington, D.C. – Today Safe Kids Worldwide released a new research report identifying new insights into why kids are getting into medicine nearly 500,000 times per year. Every minute of every day, a poison control center receives a call about a potential medicine poisoning for a child age five and under.
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