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HCA Nurse Becomes National Child Safety Advocate After Personal Tragedy
Few parents anticipate tragedy in these times, but for many children warm weather can lead to vehicle-related hyperthermia, a very real threat with sometimes fatal results. Deona "Dee" Ryan, RN, CLC, LNC, director of family services at HCA’s Summerville Medical Center, knows this first hand. In 2004, her one year-old daughter, Aslyn, died of hyperthermia after a baby-sitter left her in a vehicle unattended.
Campaign warns parents never to leave a child in a hot car
"We have a lot more work to do,” Strickland said as he and others sought to raise awareness for a national “Where’s Baby? Look Before You Lock” campaign.
Combating Children's Heatstroke Deaths in Cars
In a six-day period ending August 7, eight children in four states died inside hot cars. As the inside temperatures climbed, the children's core body temperatures rose to lethal levels.
Program Warns Parents About Leaving Babies in Cars
“There’s nothing that’s any worse that can happen to one family than to lose a child,” said David Strickland with NHTSA. “But to lose a child to heat stroke. Frankly, that’s a situation where you can’t imagine it happening in the first place. But let me tell everybody here, it can happen to anyone.”
Safety cards urge parents to "Look Before You Lock"
22 children have died after being left in hot cars so far this year, according to child safety group Kidsandcars.org. "It's happened to people that wouldn't have imagined that they'd do it and very well educated people," Waff said.
