Citation

Dowd MD. Pediatr. Ann. 2018; 47(3): e88-e90.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Healio)

DOI

10.3928/19382359-20180220-04

PMID

29538778

Abstract

A child dying of heat injury due to being left unattended in a motor vehicle is a needless tragedy. Each year in the United States an average of 38 children mostly younger than age 2 years die of vehicular hyperthermia, frequently the result of a parental lapse of attention and not intentional neglect. Serious illness results quickly from exposure to rising heat within the passenger compartment, even on days when the temperature is fairly moderate. Prevention is paramount in addressing this problem and can best be accomplished by a combination of technological means, such as passive warning systems, laws that make leaving a child in a car alone illegal, and public education campaigns. [Pediatr Ann. 2018;47(3):e88-e90.].

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