SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
- NEVER LEAVE A CHILD UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE
- IF YOU SEE A CHILD UNATTENDED IN A HOT VEHICLE CALL 9-1-1
- IF A CHILD IS MISSING, ALWAYS CHECK THE POOL FIRST, AND THEN THE CAR, INCLUDING THE TRUNK
- Teach your children that vehicles are never to be used as a play area
- Lock your vehicle. Thirty percent of the recorded heat stroke deaths in the U.S. occur because a child was playing in an unattended vehicle. These deaths can be prevented by simply locking the vehicle doors to help assure that kids don’t enter the vehicles and become trapped
- Place your purse or briefcase in the back seat as a reminder that you have your child in the car
- Create reminders. Many child heat stroke deaths occur because parents and caregivers become distracted and exit their vehicle without their child. To help prevent these tragedies parents can — make "look before you leave" a routine whenever you get out of the car
- Dial 911 immediately if you see an unattended child in a car. EMS professionals are trained to determine if a child is in trouble. The body temperature of children rises 3 - 5 times faster than adults, and as a result, children are much more vulnerable to heat stroke
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