Keeping Children Safe: Child Passenger Safety Programs in the DFW Metro Area

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1 Keeping Children Safe: Child Passenger Safety Programs in the DFW Metro Area Sharon Evans RN, BSN, CPN, CPSTI Injury Prevention Coordinator Cook Children s Medical Center

2 The Facts Motor vehicle crashes (MVC s) are the number one cause of death for children ages 1 to ,311 children died in MVC s in ,773 children were seen in Emergency Rooms for injuries 1

3 Education Injuries and Fatalities Community Statistics Behavioral Change

4 Restraints Save Lives Child Safety Seats, when installed and used correctly prevent injuries and deaths Rear facing seats 71% Forward facing seats 54% Booster seats 59%

5 Importance of CPS Programs If misuse of child safety seats was eliminated, an additional 30 deaths and 24,000 injuries could be prevented annually 3

6 Child Safety Seat Checks School Based Education Community Based Education Training and Education CASI Kaufman City of Kaufman Police Department, the Municipal Court and Texas Health Kaufman THR-Well

7 Inter-Agency Child Safety Seat Consists of 7 Police Agencies and Department of Public Safety (DPS) Hold 26 events a year in cities of participating Police Agencies Will replace safety seat if recalled, broken or outdated but child must be present Task Force

8 Child Safety Seat Checks: Fitting Stations held twice a month Open to anyone Must call for an appointment: Have seats available if needed (limit 2/family)

9 Additional Resources

10 Overview Child seat education and distribution program CPS Certification courses Safety seat checkups Traffic Safety presentations Free Traffic Safety educational materials Texans Saved by the Belt

11 Cook Children s Promise Knowing that every child s life is sacred, it is the promise of Cook Children s to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

12 Safe Kids Tarrant County Weekly Child Safety Seat Checks Quarterly Buckle Up Events Community Education Training and Education for Child Passenger Safety Technicians Innovative Pilot Program

13 Fitting Stations: Fort Worth (2) Arlington Haltom City Safe Kids Tarrant County Child Safety Seat Checks

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15 SK Tarrant County Pilot Fitting Station Successful, Sustainable Community Partnerships

16 CCHAPS Community-wide Children s Health Assessment & Planning Survey Provided for the benefit of the children in our community by

17 We Serve Children Ages , ,

18 Misuse Rates Safe Kids Tarrant County 96-98%

19 Alarming Data Is your child buckled up properly? Yes 96.21% 97.88% No 2.83% 1.55% Don t know 0.95% 0.57% Community-Wide Children s Health Assessment and Planning Survey 2008 and/or 2012 [CCHAPS 2008 and/or 2012]

20 Haltom City Police

21 Mapping Community Needs Haltom City

22 Pilot Program

23 Pilot Fitting Station Success Grown from 2 lanes to 5-6 lanes Checked over 200 CRs Distributed over 100 CRs Educated over 175 Families

24 Trauma Services CPST s within Cook Children s Medical Center Safety Seats replaced after MVC s NICU families needing low birth weight seats Assist families needing safety seats and/or education Assist families with special needs seats

25 Questions?

26 Resources 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Website. Unintentional MV injuries, children ages 19 and under, and leading causes of death, children ages 19 and under. Available from: Accessed May NHTSA, NCSA Data Resource Website. Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia. Available at Accessed May Person Type codes used were 1: Driver of a MV In-Transport, 2: Passenger of a MV In-Transport, 9: Unknown Occupant Type in a MV In-Transport. 3 Children s Safety Network. Child Safety Seats: How Large are the Benefits and Who Should Pay? [Fact Sheet]. Retrieved from eats_childhood_injury_cost_prevention.pdf