Hot car death is also referred to as Pediatric Vehicular stroke, which happens when a child is left unattended in a locked hot car for a long time. The temperature inside a locked vehicle could affect the small and sensitive body of the child. Unlike adults, they lack a body surface to cool it down. A child’s body is prone to heat up five times faster than an adult. As a result of the high temperature the functions of the child’s organs will slow down one by one. Eventually, the heat lowers the blood pressure and oxygen supply to the brain.
About 50% of hot car death happens due to the memory issues of parents, 20% of death occurs when they knowingly leave the child inside the car and 25 % of death occurs when the child gets access to use the car and get trapped. Besides there are many other reasons including:
Routine Change
Changes in the routine may affect your memory. Since you are used to habitual activities, performing a new task may be quite challenging and sometimes you may forget the newly added task.
Sleeplessness (Insomnia)
Lack of sleep leads to many serious problems. In some instances, the parents revealed that they had interrupted sleep before the night of the incident.
Stress / Depression
Many parents admitted they were distracted by their own thoughts or experiences during the drive which made them forget the child’s presence in the car.
REMEMBER: If you see a child left alone in the car for long time, call 911 and do as per their instructions.
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