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WELCOME!
Child Passenger Safety for Prepared Childbirth
Class
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
FOR INFANTS
WELCOME! Picking a Seat Installing a seat BASICS FOR SAFETY LATCH After market products More information
WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY?
Motor Vehicle Crashes =Motor Vehicle Crashes =
Leading Cause Of Death Of ChildrenLeading Cause Of Death Of Children In Connecticut, 95% of all child
safety seats are improperly installed. Car crashes cause more deaths
each year than diseases, drugs, and kidnappings COMBINED!
"The Frings' twins were in child safety seats in the back of her 1997 Chrysler Sebring. 'They were secured exactly as they should have been,' Jefferson County Sheriff Davenport said. 'Fortunately for them, they were secured properly.'"
The Frings' car after the accident:
Excerpt from The Knoxville News-Sentinel Friday, June 16, 2000, newspaper article:
What is the BESTBEST Child Safety Seat?!?
Fits the CHILD properlyFits the CAR properlyWill be used correctly EVERY TIME
PREMATURE & LOW BIRTH-WEIGHT INFANTS
special considerations are necessary to ensure their safe transportation: WeightHarness strapsCrotch strapRespiratory
obstruction
BASICS FOR INFANTS:
Think where baby’s face
would go in a crash
or sudden stop!
NEVER NEVER NEVERPUT A CHILD In the front seat
In front if airbag
BASICS FOR INFANTS: Children should be
REAR-FACING as long as possible, but AT-LEAST:
ONE YEAR AND20 Pounds
BABY, BACKWARDS, BABY, BACKWARDS, BELOWBELOW
INSTALLATION TIPS
BELT PATH: Put weight into seat :
RETRACTING SYSTEMS
Automatic Locking (ALR)
Emergency Locking (ELR)
Combination (Switchable)
LATCHPLATES
Locking Latch Plate Fixed (sewn
on) Latch
Plate
Sliding Latch Plate & Switchable
Locking clip
Also called pre-crash positioned
Regular
Belt Shortening (Heavy Duty)
Within 1 inch of buckle
LATCH: Lower Anchors & Tethers for
children
Use a Tether strap????
Not approved for Most rear-facing Infant Seats
Adds stability Reduce head
excursion May solve problem
with forward-mounted belt systems in some cases
45 degree angle when installed
BASICS FOR INFANTS:
The seat should fit tightly in the car Seat should not move more than 1
INCH at belt path when installed
BUT HOW DO I GET THE CAR SEAT TO FIT TIGHTLY IN MY
CAR??????
HARNESS SHOULD BE
TIGHTTIGHT
One Finger= WONDERFULTwo Fingers= TOO MANY
DO NOT use extra padding/blankets behind/under child or under harnesses
Retainer clip should be at armpit level
Send in the registration card for recall information.
Replace any car seat/seat belt that has been involved in a crash
DO NOT use a used seat without knowing its history
BASICS FOR INFANTS:
If using an infant carrier when driving the handle
& canopy should be DOWN
NEVER NEVER NEVERhold child while bundle child UNDER Car moving to console, harness (instead, put breastfeed etc: blanket on top):
NEVER NEVER NEVER!Never Keep harness loose or above
shouldersOR Clip below armpit level
AFTER MARKET PRODUCTS
QUESTIONS?
HANDOUTS: Info sheets Inspection stations Web resources Premature & low birth weight review sheet Video in hospital when deliver