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Urge Houston Parents & Caregivers to “Look Before They Lock”
The Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital – together with the Harris County Sheriff's Office and the Houston Fire Department – is committed to both creating and reinforcing awareness about the risk to children when left unattended in vehicles during hot summer days.
SensorSafe child car seat helps prevent heatstroke death
Car seat manufacturer Evenflo — in partnership with Walmart — will release an alert system built into their Embrace DLX car seat to prevent children from being left behind in vehicles.
6 actors flunk $100 hot-car challenge
Kars4Kids shared video of a social experiment offering adults $100 if they could stay in a hot car for 10 minutes.
Bill would protect Good Samaritans
The temperature inside a hot car can rise 20 degrees in 10 minutes, which can be deadly to a child who is locked inside. “A kid’s body temperature rises three to five times faster than an adult’s,” said Amber Rollins, director of KidsAndCars.org, an organization that raises awareness about the dangers of leaving children unattended in cars. “Their bodies can’t regulate the temperature the way an adult’s can. Minutes can be the difference between life and death for a child locked in a hot car.”
Legislators push bill to prevent hot car deaths
Kentucky legislators announced Thursday they are pre-filing legislation for the 2016 Regular Session that, if approved, would provide civil immunity to any person who damages a vehicle to remove a child locked in a car in extreme heat.
