Re: peds transport

["Jerry Ziegler" <Ziggy8282@worldnet.att.net>]

I don't know of a specicfic law, but child restraint laws apply to all
including EMS, remember we must obey all state traffic laws regardless of
the situation, bust one and something happens guess who is liable and guess
who your employer will dump on. FARs have specifics regarding info on child
restraints and how they must be approved. What is the difference if a parent
doesn't seatbelt the child or we don't, especially in the back of an
ambulance doing 80 or an aircraft in turbulence. Either way the child will
become a projectile and be severely injured. Who are we to tell parents how
stupid they've been, or what gives us the right to put on car seat and child
safety programs if we don't "practice what we preach" If you like I can
research it in the FARS and state traffic laws.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rollie Parrish" <rparrish@flightweb.com>
To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: peds transport


> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, ROBERTA MORGAN wrote:
>
> > I have a question. In Florida do you know of any laws that prohibit
> > transporting peds on the mother's lap. Mom secured on stretcher
> > holding child. Transport would be by ground or air. I see it happening
> > alot here and it drives me nuts. It is obviously an unsafe manner in
> > which to transport children.  Robin
>
> What is CAMTS's take on this issue? I know of at least one CAMTS-certified
> program that frequently transports young peds patients held in a parent's
> arms who is strapped in a stretcher. Makes me cringe every time I see it,
> as I can only imagine what might happen to the patient in a hard landing,
> severe turbulance, stretcher dropped while loading, etc. let alone the
> liability issues for the program by allowing this practice.
>
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