American Hospital Dubai Hosts Public Awareness Campaign to Promote the use of Infant car Seats
American Hospital Dubai recently carried out a public awareness project to highlight the importance of infant safety seat on behalf of the effort launched by the Dubai Health Authority's (DHA) Public Health and Safety Division to advertise the use of rear-facing child safety and security seats for born babies being released from healthcare facility. Authorities from DHA participated in the seminar to give a deeper insight to medical care professionals, especially those connected with child birth, and parents about the importance of the infant car seats for an infant's security.
The general public Health and wellness Department's latest campaign to advertise using infant child seat remains in line with Dubai Plan 2021 and matches DHA's Method 2021. It complies with the international finest methods and is in contract with the World Health Company (THAT), the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC), the European Transport Safety and security Council (TSC), and the American Academy of Paediatrics.
Peter Makowski, Chief Executive Officer, American Hospital Dubai, stated: "Motor vehicles crashes is just one of the leading reasons of fatality amongst children. In Dubai's rapid moving web traffic, it is highly crucial for parents to make sure that their children are effectively safeguarded with age and weight suitable child safety and security seats to stop any type of fatal injuries. Car seats protects by spreading out the collision forces over a wide location, slows down the body, and protect vital body parts such as head, neck and spine. In situation of a baby, it is very suggested as infants do not have strong neck and spinal column and their skull bones are not integrated. We highly sustain regarding the DHA's project and highly prompt all brand-new moms and dads who are taking their new-born infants the home of utilize rear-facing car seat."
Car seats are an essential safety and security innovation that could sustainably reduce the threat of unintended yet potentially fatal injuries which has emerged as the leading cause of death in children. Inning accordance with the Centers for Condition Control and avoidance (CDC), a youngster security seat could minimize the threat of fatality in infants as much as the age of one by 71 percent and in children in between the age of one and four by 54 per cent. Several nations worldwide have stringent regulations, stipulating all children, including new born infants to be safely secured in an age and weight proper child safety seat. Non-compliance could result in severe charges. The UAE government is also as a result of execute rigorous fines for not using a baby safety seat for children much less compared to 4 years.
