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Fall/Winter 2013
The Moment
A Newsletter for Supporters and Friends of the Injury Prevention Center
It Only Takes a Moment...
In This Issue
2nd Teen Driving ROADeo – Parents
and teens educated on vehicle safety
Program Coordinator of the Year
Award – IPC staff member recipient of
inaugural award
Partners in Prevention – Girl Scouts
promote safe driving through PSA
2013 Informed Choices = Injury
Prevention – School-based
professionals attend all day seminar
on injury prevention topics
Child Passenger Safety – Current
trends with car seats and CPS Techs
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Mark Your Calendar
January
7th
TOT - Safety Baby Showers
Helena, AR
For more information call (501) 364-3414
29th
TOT - Safety Baby Showers
Springdale, AR
For more information call (501) 364-3414
22nd-25thCPS Certification Class
Hope, AR
For more information call (501) 364-5655
February
12th
Injury Prevention 101
Branch, AR
For more information call (501) 364-3431
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Second Teen Driving Roadeo educates parents
and teens about motor vehicle safety
On October 26, 2013, the Injury Prevention Center
(IPC) at Arkansas Children’s Hospital hosted
the second Teen Driving ROADeo event at War
Memorial Stadium. The event was sponsored by
Fletcher Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram and Fletcher
Kia. Sixty-seven percent of attendees were teens
between the ages 15 and 16 years old. Eighty-nine
percent of teens claimed they learned something
new in a post-test survey. Parents and teens
(188 total) visited educational booths designed
to teach participants about motor vehicle safety.
Topics included:
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Changing tires
Checking fluids
Charging vehicle batteries
Texting while driving
Impaired driving
Arkansas law
Law enforcement
Automotive insurance
Parallel parking
High water driving
inaugural National award given to IPC staff
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids bestowed its first ever
National Program Coordinator of the Year Award to the IPC’s
Associate Director, Beverly Miller. This award “recognizes
an individual who has developed and implemented local or
statewide Injury Free program and/or policy initiatives that
have resulted in improved outcomes.” Among the many
programs Miller has led was a recent statewide program
developed to educate staff and clients of shelters on safe
sleep best practices. Participating shelters received one or
more portable cribs depending on each individual shelter’s
needs. Miller has also been instrumental in the development
of programs such as Strike Out Child Passenger Injury, Teen
Driving Family Class, and ATV Safety for Rural Children. She
has been with the IPC for eleven years.
Thank you for supporting the Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Contact us for more information or to subscribe to The Moment:
1 Children’s Way, Slot 512-26 Little Rock, AR 72202 • (501) 364-3400 or (866) 611-3445 • Fax: (501) 364-3112 • E-mail: [email protected]
Partners in Prevention
Girl Scouts Win Award for
Texting and Driving PSA
Girl Scout Troop 6367, in partnership with the
Russellville Police Department and Arkansas
Tech University, created a texting and driving
PSA for which the troop received the Silver
Award. The video, “Texting and Driving PSA,”
features two teenage girls involved in an
automobile crash due to texting and driving.
The video can be viewed at www.youtube.com/
watch?v=SG_Ozyn2N-o.
2013 Informed Choices = Injury Prevention
On October 31, 2013, the IPC hosted its annual Informed Choices = Injury
Prevention seminar for school-based professionals. Dr. Pat Sammon spoke
to attendees during the morning session about current trends regarding
substance abuse among teens. During lunchtime breakout sessions, IPC
staff spoke on the topics of playground safety, ATV safety, suicide prevention,
concussion safety, teen driving safety and school bus safety. Stacy Dewitt,
from Connect with Kids, spoke about bullying and bullying prevention in the
afternoon session.
Top - Dr. Mary E. Aitken, bottom left - Dr. Pat Sammon, bottom right - Stacy Dewitt
Intentional Injury Analyst, Shelby Rowe, participated in the annual
Northeast Arkansas Out of Darkness Community Walk at Riverside Park in
Independence County on October 26, 2013, to promote suicide prevention
and awareness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported
more than 38,000 suicides nationwide
in 2010, which is the equivalent to one
suicide every 13.7 minutes. Shelby
and IPC staff members also walked in
the Central Arkansas Out of Darkness
Community Walk on November 2,
2013, where ACH was a participating
sponsor.
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Fall/Winter 2013
Teen Driving Safety
Mary Porter, Teen Driver Safety Analyst, facilitated a Youth
Leadership Conference at the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences through the Bridging the Gap program.
Fifty high school students from around the state attended
and were taught about Arkansas seat belt laws, Arkansas
Graduated Driver Licensing law and the dangers of texting
and driving.
State Farm presented a $5,000 check to the IPC teen driving
program as part of the Celebrate My Drive program. These
were earmarked to support teen driving activities in Drew
County, including advertising and educating teenagers of
Drew County on Arkansas’ Graduated Driver Licensing law.
Heat Illness Posters
2013 Cereal Drive
The IPC in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Health
and Cabot High School developed sport-related heat illness
prevention and awareness posters. The posters featured male
and female high school students in their sport of choice with tips
for preventing hyperthermia and/or dehydration. The posters
are available for download and can be viewed here: www.
archildres.org/services/injury-prevention-center/recreationalsafety.aspx
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Illness In Your
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Sources: The National Athletic Trainers Association, Journal of Athletic Training
Adapt athletes to exercise in the heat
(acclimatization) gradually over 10 to 14 days.
Adapt athletes to exercise in the heat
(acclimatization) gradually over 10 to 14 days.
Athletes should sleep at least 6 to 8 hours at
night in a cool environment.
Athletes should eat a well-balanced diet that
follows the Food Guide Pyramid and United
States Dietary Guidelines.
Athletes should eat a well-balanced diet that
follows the Food Guide Pyramid and United
States Dietary Guidelines.
Schools should develop practice and event
guidelines for hot and humid weather.
Schools should develop practice and event
guidelines for hot and humid weather.
Schedule training sessions to avoid the
hottest part of the day (10 AM to 5 PM).
Schedule training sessions to avoid the
hottest part of the day (10 AM to 5 PM).
Athletes should replace fluids
between practices on the same
day and on successive days to
maintain less than 2% body-weight
change.
Athletes should match fluid intake with sweat and urine losses
to maintain adequate hydration. Athletes should drink sodium
containing fluids to keep their urine clear to light yellow.
Sources: The National Athletic Trainers
Association, Journal of Athletic Training
Athletes should match fluid intake with sweat and urine losses
to maintain adequate hydration. Athletes should drink sodium
containing fluids to keep their urine clear to light yellow.
Athletes should replace fluids
between practices on the same
day and on successive days to
maintain less than 2% body-weight
change.
During the ACH Summer Cereal Drive, the IPC won first place
in the Small Department category (50 or fewer employees).
The IPC donated 621 boxes of cereal and received “the highly
coveted and uniquely designed ACH Traveling Trophy.”
The Moment
Child Passenger Safety - Fall/Winter 2013
Way to Go Arkansas CPS Technicians!!
As of August 2013, Arkansas had 181 certified technicians eligible for recertification. One hundred four techs recertified giving us
a rate of 57.5%. This is up from July which was 56.4%. The national recertification rate is 58.2%. You are doing a great job!
Remember: To recertify you must have completed five (5) seat installations with an instructor to sign off, attended a community
event (i.e. 2-hour car seat check or 4-hours of education to non-technicians), and obtained six (6) CEUs. All of this needs to
be logged into the certification website at http://cert.safekids.org. DO NOT WAIT TO THE LAST MINUTE! You have 2-years to
complete the requirements. Don’t forget, if you need help paying the recert fee, the CPSE Program can help you. Notify Holly
Terry at [email protected].
Upcoming Classes and Events
Jan. 22-25 – CPS Certification Class, Hope
Upcoming Webinars
Safe Kids and the National CPS Board present: CPS and Children with Autism
October 15, 2013 from 2 pm - 3 pm ET (East Coast/NY time)
CPS CEUs available: 1 (CHES/MCHES credit is also available)
Fees/Requirements: $0, Pre-registration is required.
Register now: http://bit.ly/Oct15CPS
Safe Kids and State Farm present: CR Manufacturer Update: Nuna
October 30, 2013 from 2 pm - 3 pm ET (East Coast/NY time)
CPS CEUs available: 1 (CHES/MCHES credit is also available)
Fees/Requirements: $0, Pre-registration is required.
Register now: http://bit.ly/Oct30CPS
Safe Kids and State Farm present: Conventional Restraints vs. Specialized
Restraints: What's the best option for children for children with special
health care needs?
Nov. 20, 2013 from 2 pm - 3 pm ET (East Coast/NY time)
CPS CEUs available: 1 (CHES/MCHES credit is also available)
Fees/Requirements: $0, Pre-registration is required.
Register now: http://bit.ly/Nov20CPS
Also, a new online CEU course is available at www.SafeKidsWebinars.org.
The new module discusses keeping kids rear-facing longer. There is no
charge for the online course.
CPS RESOURCES
National CPS Certification’s CPS Express (http://cert.safekids.org/
ResourcesFAQs/CPSExpress.aspx) Monthly newsletter from the Safe Kids
Certification with information about what’s new in CPS or updates on
program information and certification.
2013 LATCH Manual: The new Orange LATCH Manual is available through
Safe Ride News (www.saferidenews.com). Remember you can get one (1)
CEU by taking the LATCH Manual quiz.
CarseatsAR website: To know what is going on in the state or your area,
check out our website www.carseatsar.org. Check out the Calendar, the
Technician Corner, or the map to locate other techs. We also now have
online registration for fitting station. Notify Holly Terry if you want to add
your event to the calendar at [email protected].
National Child Passenger
Safety Week
(September 15-21, 2013)
It was a great time to be a CPS Tech in
Arkansas!
Car seat events were held
throughout the country on September 21
– National Seat Check Saturday. The Injury
Prevention Center at Arkansas Children’s
Hospital held an event at St. Theresa’s
Catholic Church in Little Rock. We checked
42 seating positions and loaned 34 child
restraints. It was a successful event where
we were able to assist families who needed
help making sure their children were safe
while riding in the car. A big “THANK YOU” to
all the staff and volunteers who came out to
help with the event. We could not have done
this without you!
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Child Passenger Safety - Fall/Winter 2013
Welcome New Technicians!!
June 2013 Certification Class in Mtn. Home
Trisha Andrews, Baxter Regional Medical Center
Steven Clark, LeFleur Transportation
Jeff Fugatt, Greenwood Police Department
Angela Gillaspie
Charles Grinder, Baxter Regional Medical Center
Lyra Huffine, Spring River Paramedic Ambulance Service
Quinn Jones, Russellville Police Department
Gregory Jone, LeFleur Transportation
Clay McBryde, Russellville Police Department
Mark Mergen, Greenwood Police Department
September 2013 Certification Class in Benton
Angela Arrowood, Baptist Medical Center
Jessica Cheek, Easter Seals Arkansas
Eric Grist, ACH, Community Outreach
Anya Hogan, Benton Police Department
Brooke McLendon, Central Arkansas Pediatric Clinic
Lessa Payne, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Dawn Robinson, St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center
Steven Rushing, Vanndale Fire Department
Angela Rushing, Crossridge Community Hospital
Anne Stafford, Baptist Medical Center
Jodie Stookey, UAMS
Brittany Umholtz, Volunteer
Olivia Wilson, ACH, Statewide Injury Prevention Program
July 2013 Certification Class in Stuttgart
Krysta Campbell, Stuttgart Police Department
Susan Cohen, Injury Prevention Center, ACH
Lori Herron, L&L Family Information and Resource Center
Stephanie Nobles, Dana’s House
Jessie Walker, HFAR Thrive
Child Passenger
Safety
UPDATE
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Check Smarts:
Tips for
Integrated
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(from the Spring 2013 Tech Update at www.cpsboard.org)
Integrated child safety seats are a rare but helpful feature found on some
Seat Check
Smarts: Tips for Integrated Child Seats
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inversion test.
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to announce
that an assessment
of the tether anchors in Standard and Mega cab Ram pickup trucks has
shown that these vehicles can be added to the list. Like other vehicle families, this change is being made retroactively to the start
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of production of the current
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Test labs check abrasion resistance by rubbing the webbing a certain way and repeating the pull test.
CPS Techs should note that the increased tether weight limit supersedes the information printed in the 2013-2014 model year
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to buckle
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rubbing against the buckle repeatedly, and then repeating the pull test. Webbing material is also tested