Child Death In Parent Cars

The facts are that each year 160,000 children suffer severe or life-threatening injury and 1,000 to 2,000 children die as a result of abuse. Of these deaths, 80 percent involve children younger than five years of age, and 40 percent involve children younger than one year of age. One out of every 20-murder victim is a child. Murder is the fourth leading cause of death in children from one to four years of age and the third leading cause of death in children from five to fourteen years of age.

My health and social care setting is an under 5's nursery, within my setting there may be many incidents or emergencies. There could be incidents within my setting such as bumping their heads, falling over, tripping over toys. An emergency within my setting could be things such as fire's or severe injuries such as being knocked unconscious. In this assignment I will cover two

* ‘Where a child sustains a potentially life threatening injury or serious and permanent impairment of health and development through abuse and neglect’

In today’s society, and even generations before us, kids safety is very important. Also, traveling in an automobile is

Simms makes an important move, “1.2 million people across the world are killed in road crashes each year and 50 million injured” (qtd. in Simms 542). This fact shows that Simms acknowledges that car crashes result in many deaths a year; however SUV’s by almost any measurements, are more dangerous than cars. Next Simms provides more supporting facts. “People driving or riding in a sport utility vehicle in 2003 were nearly 11 percent more likely to die in an accident than people in cars” (qtd. in Simms 542). Simms also states that due to the size of an SUV, they suffer from greater rear view blind spots. Which he stated may account for the number of parents who killed their children by running over them. These strong facts speak for themselves; and bring an emotional appeal to the reader. A child dying in any circumstance promotes sadness.

The Car Crash Study was done in 1974 by Loftus and Palmer that was aimed to test their theory that the language used in an eyewitness testimonies can alter the eyewitness’s memory of the event. They got 45 American students and showed them 7 films of traffic accidents, ranging from 5 to 30 seconds, in a random order. Afterwards the subjects were asked to describe what happened as if they were at the accident. They were then asked more specific questions such as, “About how fast were the cars going when they (smashed/ collided/ bumped/ hit/ contacted) each other?’. This was to see if the if the verb used in the question would affect the answers given by the subjects which it did. In the next part of the experiment they showed 150 students a one-minute film that showed a car driving through the country side followed by four seconds of a multiple traffic accident. Afterwards they split the students into three groups and asked them different questions. The first group was asked “How fast were the cars going when they hit each other?”, the second group was asked “How fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?”, and the third group was kept as a control group and wasn’t asked anything. One week later they were asked, without seeing the film, ten questions about the film. One question asked “Did you see any broken glass? Yes or No?” which there was none. The results showed that more participants who were asked “How fast were the cars going when they smashed?” said

Shaken Baby Syndrome also known as Abusive Head Trauma can be caused by direct blows to the head or by throwing or dropping a child under five years of age. Shaken Baby Syndrome is the leading cause of death in child abuse cases. When a person shakes a baby their head rotated uncontrollably. This is because children and infants neck muscles are not well developed. A majority of the time these injuries are caused by a caretaker or a parent. There is information from perpetrators who discuss what happened. This is a very serious problem as it is the leading cause of death in child abuse cases.

The maltreatment of children with disabilities is a devastating public health issue that needs to be addressed in a deeper context. The current data on the incidence and prevalence of maltreatment in this population is greatly limited due to fluctuating definitions of disability and the lack of uniform methods of classifying maltreatment, so prevalence is likely greatly underestimated. When abused, children with disabilities have a higher likelihood of being seriously injured or the abuse could lead to a fatality. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services(HHS), in 2015, 1,670 children died from maltreatment (U.S., 2017). Including children with disabilities, the younger a child the more vulnerable they are to death as the result of child maltreatment. Having said that, seventy-five percent of all child abuse fatalities were younger than 3 years old. In 2015, according HHS, children who were less than 1 year old died from abuse at a rate of 20.91 per 100,000 children in the population of children younger than 1 year old (U.S., 2017).

Studies show that childhood injuries and deaths occur right in their home (Morrongiello, Corbett, McCourt, & Johnston, 2006). In the United States, it is estimated that 1 in 4 children will experience an injury that will need medical attention (Morrongiello, Corbett, McCourt, & Johnston, 2006). Erikson’s psychosocial theory is an excellent way to better understand why a child will get injured by providing a different perspective (Ginsburg, 1992). This will lead to more extensive research on childhood injuries (Ginsburg, 1992).

counseling or other help that is available for parents who may have lost a child

The jurisdiction of the Hannover Institute of Legal medicine unveiled three cases of lethal child neglect under a short five-month period. During the recent years, only a few of the autopsies performed were cases involving fatal child neglect. The three cases occurring within months was purely coincidental. However, the jurisdiction used this opportunity for evaluating the similarities and differences from each case. One of the cases, specifically number three, was about a mother of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl that told her lawyer that she found her daughter lying dead in her apartment for several weeks. Supposedly she found her daughter lying lifeless on her bed at night. This poor child did not have a medical history, which leads to

The death of any child as the result of non-accidental injury is a tragedy. The fact, that in England around 80 children die every year from abuse or neglect, and that this figure has remained relatively constant over more than 30 years, is shocking.

According to the article “Child Vehicular Stroke Fact Sheet” from KidsAndCars.org, “The average number of U.S. child vehicular heat stroke deaths is 37 per year.” That is one death of a child every nine days. Although, some individuals may or may not have unintentionally left their children in the car. A majority of parents that left their child in the vehicle unknowingly did it. However, there is a small percentage of parents that knowingly left their child unattended in the vehicle. In some cases, the child even entered the vehicle on their own without the parent or caregiver noticing in time. Statistics of child vehicular heat stroke deaths reveal that 54.25% of parents unknowingly left their child in the vehicle, 11.58% knowingly left their child in the vehicle, and 33.58% of the children entered the vehicle by themselves without parents or caregivers noticing in a reasonable amount of time (Child Vehicular Heat Stroke). Some individuals, usually non-parents, believe that it is completely absurd to forget a child is in the vehicle. However, the most dangerous mistake a parent or caregiver can make is to think leaving a child alone in a vehicle could never happen to them or their family (Child Vehicular Heat Stroke). A heat stroke can be extremely lethal to young children if it is not recognized and treated in time.

The loss of an adult child is devastating just as is the death of a younger child. However, there are differences as to how both the parents react to such losses. In this case the paper focuses on loss of an adult child and how the parent copes with the situation. The paper will give insight on the situation that precedes the demise of the child such as trajectory of illnesses which is more recent. A review on how the parents deal with the loss after it occurs will be discussed as well as the various issues the parent faces. The impact on the parent after the child’s loss is also featured. There will be a summary of the findings then finally a section that will give the implications of the research and its importance to the field of psychology and an improvement in human beings

Secondhand smoking causes many defects for children as they grow up. As parents of young children smoke in the car, these children are exposed to this secondhand smoke frequently. According to Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Secondhand smoke causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infection, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)." As these children group up, the health problems resulting from the secondhand smoke exposure affects their lifestyle and future.