Children's car seats are dangerous

Special car seats for children are saving tens of thousands of lives during an accident. But outside the car the parents do not know how to use them.
From 2003 to 2007, hospitals and medical centers in the United States there were more than 43 thousand complaints about injuries related to the use   children   car seats. It's not about injuries caused in a car accident, and about when the kids were falling on the floor with these chairs, set on tables, stores and other inclines.

The smallest Americans get injured even when they are together with Car seats   set on a soft surface, such as beds and sofas. All this is revealed in a large study.

How did the idea to study this issue, said a senior pediatric orthopedic Children's Medical Center in Cincinnati Dr. Sheetal Parikh. "I began to notice a lot of typical injuries kids that were caused by these falls. And I thought that maybe the problem is wider than the scale of our hospital. Of course, the extent of those injuries is significantly inferior to the other, more popular. But they, too, enough to pay attention. "

Parikh is going to present the results of their research at a meeting of the American Association of Pediatricians. According to his calculations, the lion's share of accidents happening at a time when the child is actively moving (especially older than two months old), gradually begins to rock baby car seat Which is on an unstable surface. This causes a drop.

The most common consequences of such cases in the practice of Dr. Parikh had head injuries, fractures and dislocations. Three kids and save the doctor failed.

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