Children Dying of Hyperthermia from Being Left in Cars

The Mesa County Department of Human Services has warned residents that leaving their children in their vehicles could be potentially dangerous, find out what the NHTSA has to say about the issue.

According to a story Tuesday in USA Today in what was the worst week ever recorded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for these kinds of accidents, eight children lost their lives after suffering hyperthermia in vehicles where temperatures inside reached lethal levels.

This is happening even as health officials from Mesa County Department of Human Services have been particularly vigilant about warning parents and guardians that children are more susceptible to contracting heatstroke in hot vehicles, because their bodies heat up three to five time faster than adults do.

The NHTSA also says that electronic devices designed to alert parents to unsafe conditions in cars can’t be relied on. Aside from crashes, heatstroke is the number-one killer of children under 14 in vehicles.

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