Hot Cars Act introduced and passed in 2019 in the United States declares that “all new passenger motor vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds (4,536 kilograms) gross vehicle weight require visual and auditory alert for rear seat occupant once motor is deactivated. In addition, the bill suggests requiring systems that also detect the presence of …
As Nelson Mandela said it best, “Our children are our future and one of the most basic responsibilities is to care for them in the best and most compassionate manner possible” (former president of South Africa, political leader, and philanthropist). Baby Car Safe project is to protect babies and young toddlers because it is not …
Baby Car Safe to help prevent Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) deaths Read More »
Pediatric Vehicle Heatstroke (PVH) is an occurrence where babies or young toddlers are left intentionally or unintentionally in a vehicle suffering from fatal injuries due to rising temperatures. Below shows a hypothetical situation where a baby or young toddler was unintentionally left in a vehicle for 10 minutes, the outside temperature of 80 ̊ F (26 ̊ …
We will focus this week on what the baby goes through once they are brought in to a hospital. Please note that the status of the baby or young toddler that had experienced heat stroke may differ from each other. Stabilization: clinician will immediately assess what has to be done first to the patient …
As this week we will focus on what a parent can do in those precious few minutes after a baby or young toddler have suffered heat stroke. Before emergency personnel arrive to take over, we must have the knowledge to help because it can mean life or death! The following steps are not chronologically listed …
Also for this week’s update, a second video features Mr. Buganini Chiu (Director of Software Development) who briefly talks about his role and tasks for the project Baby Car Safe. Enjoy!
For this week’s update, a video is in store for us with two special team members in which they talk briefly about their contributions for Baby Car Safe project. The first video features Mr. Tracey Roberts (Chief Technology Officer) who chats about his idea and passion for the project Baby Car Safe. Please copy this …
We have learned in the previous week how neurological impairment affected babies after they experienced heat stroke, and this week we will focus on how functional and organ impairment can affect them. Because of many complications that occur to the body after heat stroke, we will focus on four main symptoms that affect the body and …
How does neurological impairment affected babies after they experienced heat stroke? Read More »
After we have discovered that babies or young toddlers have higher core body temperature and also, the differences between heat exhaustion and heat stroke, let us focus on the neurological impairment or cognitive dysfunction (medical term) after babies or young toddlers had experienced heat stroke. According to the medical term cognitive, it refers to mental …
Now we know that babies and young toddlers have a higher temperature than most adults, how do we detect signs of heatstroke for babies and young toddlers? We first have to recognize the precursor to heatstroke symptoms, or referred to as heat exhaustion. Once we are familiar and can easily recognize the symptoms for heat …
How do we detect signs of heatstroke for babies and young toddlers? Read More »