at Rucker Elementary School, forgetting that his seven month-old granddaughter in the backseat of the car needed to be dropped off at daycare. By the time he returned to his car for his lunch break, he found the child unresponsive, still covered with a blanket he’d placed over her in the morning to shield her from the chilly morning air. The baby girl was later pronounced dead at Memorial Hermann Southeast. It was only 83 degrees outside.
In an examination of the media reports covering the hot car deaths in his dataset, Null found that the vast majority of hot car deaths were accidents – over 50% of the deaths occurred when the child was forgotten in the car by a caregiver, and 25% when a child gained access to the vehicle on their own. Only 20% of the deaths happened when the caregivers intentionally left the children in the car.
When the body’s core temperature rises, it impacts blood circulation, which can impede blood and oxygen flow to the brain, Dr. Smurawa said. If a person’s core body temperature is above 104 degrees Fahrenheit for more than 30 minutes, a child can suffer from long-term neurological issues. If the body reaches 107 degrees, the child can die.
If a child is showing any of these signs, it is critical to get emergency services involved immediately and to begin cooling the child down as quickly as possible. While waiting for emergency help, Leaming-Van Zandt said getting the child out of the heat and into a shaded or air-conditioned place is the most important step to helping them cool down.
Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)
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