Child Passenger Safety Dashboard of Resources
Links
- AAP Car Seat Guide
- Booster Seat Ratings
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- Idaho Highway Safety Coalition
- Idaho Department of Transportation
- Child Passenger Safety
- Recall List
- New York State Booster Seat Law Study
A study published in Pediatrics is the first to compare traffic injury rates before and after the implementation of a state booster-seat law.
Newsletters
- Highway Safety News—June 2010 (pdf)
- Highway Safety Summit Special Report—May 2010 (pdf)
- Highway Safety News—January 2010 (pdf)
- Highway Safety News—November 2009(pdf)
- SafeRide News (website)
Articles & Resources
- 2010 - Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes (pdf)
A new NHTSA study that analyzes the incidence rates of incapacitating injuries, as well as the commonly injured body regions, among children under 8 years old involved in motor vehicle traffic crashes. - Effectiveness of Belt Positioning Booster Seats: An Updated Assessment (pdf)
- Booster Seat Effectiveness Release (pdf)
- State by State Booster Seat Usage Requirements
- 2007 Trauma Report (pdf)
- WHALE
Child Identification Program (pdf) - Rear-Facing Car Safety Seats: Getting the Message Right (pdf)
- NHTSA Report: Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes (pdf)
In rollover crashes, the estimated incidence rate of incapacitating injuries among unrestrained children was almost three times that for restrained children. In near side impacts, unrestrained children were eight times more likely to sustain incapacitating injuries than restrained children.
Safety Calendar
2010 |
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| Aug 9 | Occupant Protection Strategies 8:30 - 5:00 Available CEU's (4) Register by July 15 Team Con Paulos 251 East Frontage Road South Jerome, Id Registration Form >> Agenda >> |
| Aug 26-28 | Kidz in Motion Conference Ft. Worth, TX Click here for details >> |
| Sept 19-25 | Child Passenger Safety Week |
| Sept 25 | Seat Check Saturday |
| Sept 15-18 | CPS Tech Training Class Pocatello, ID Contact: Cherie Nelson (208) 478-6315 |
| Sept 22-25 | CPS Tech Training Class Post Falls, ID Contact: Kenneth Applewhaite (509) 385-1476 |
| Oct 10-13 | ABC Kids Expo Las Vegas, NV Click here for details >> |
2011 |
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| Sept 18-24 | Child Passenger Safety Week |
2012 |
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| Sept 16-22 | Child Passenger Safety Week |
Idaho DOT & Idaho Chapter, AAP Child Passenger Safety Grant
- Grant Recipients Contact Information
- About the Grant
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Car Seat Corner
- Safe Transportation of Obese Children
As obesity in children increases, so do challenges associated with transporting them safely. The AAP recommends keeping children in rear-facing car seats as long as possible. More seats are coming on the market to accommodate heavier children to allow them to stay safe in the car. Read more here. The AAP also recommends keeping children in a harnessed car seat (vs. a booster seat) as long as possible. For a list of higher weight harnessing car seats click here (pdf).
My name is MacKenzie Ravlin and I am a Child Passenger Safety Technician & Instructor (CPST-I). I help parents determine the safest possible way to transport their children. Over the past 7 years, I have helped hundreds of families make the necessary changes to keep their children safe on the road.
The advice parents receive from their child's pediatrician plays a huge role in the overall success of CPST's in getting parents to comply with the most current best practice recommendations. When parents come to a car seat check event and are told by a CPST the current best practice recommendations for their child, but have been told something different by their pediatrician, parents are most likely to go with the advice they received from their pediatrician, even if it goes against current best practice. The current best practice recommendations are always changing as testing and data are released from car seat and auto manufacturers, and as technology improves. Part of my job as a CPST-I is to stay up to date on all best practice recommendations so I can provide parents with the most current information so they can make safe choices for the children. Pediatricians have so many responsibilities to families, and strive to meet all of their medical and health needs in very short visits.
That is why we have created the "Car Seat Corner" section on our website. It will be updated at least monthly with current best practice recommendations for child transport. You can also ask me any questions you may have related to car seats and child transport, including transporting children with special needs. Car crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for children ages 1-14 in Idaho and across the country, and using an appropriate child restraint on every ride is their best protection. The counsel you provide during patient visits could save a child's life.
- MacKenzie Ravlin
Child Passenger Safety Tech & Instructor
Idaho AAP Executive Assistant