AAA, AMSA Provide Medical Students with Information on Child Passenger Safety.Goal of New Curriculum Module is Preventing Injury and Death ORLANDO, Fla. -- AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. and the American Medical Student Association American Medical Student Association, n.pr the largest independent organization of medical students in the United States. Local and national initiatives led by this group involve medical education, patient and student advocacy, health policy, public (AMSA AMSA American Medical Student Association AMSA Australian Maritime Safety Authority AMSA American Moving and Storage Association AMSA Australian Marine Sciences Association AMSA Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies AMSA American Meat Science Association ) have created a new curriculum module that will teach medical and allied healthcare students about the importance of properly restraining RESTRAINING. Narrowing down, making less extensive; as, a restraining statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in its operation. children in vehicles. The new module is designed to educate healthcare providers on the critical issue of child passenger safety, and to discuss the role of medical personnel in delivering that information to parents. "Automobile crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 3-14 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," said Kathleen Marvaso, managing director, AAA Government Relations and Traffic Safety Advocacy. "Most of these deaths are preventable. Healthcare providers play a pivotal role in guiding parents through the growth and development of their children. By understanding crash dynamics and how restraints work to prevent injury, they will be able to provide better advice to their patients and help save lives." Child passenger restraint laws serve as a tool to encourage parents to use child safety seats and booster seats booster seat n. 1. A car seat for a small child that lifts the child by several inches, designed for use with an adult seat belt. 2. A seat placed on top of the seat of a chair, used to elevate a small child at a table. . However, even with the existence of laws, 50 percent of children killed in motor vehicle crashes are completely unrestrained. "Although every state has child restraint child restraint n. A device, such as a seat belt or small car seat with a seat belt, used to control and protect a child in a motor vehicle. laws in place, they vary greatly and many leave gaps that endanger en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. children," said Marvaso. "Healthcare providers are in a unique position to offer accurate, straightforward and timely advice to parents that may help save a child's life." "As an organization, AMSA aims to expand medical students' educational opportunities," said Jay Bhatt, president, AMSA. "Child passenger safety is just one of the numerous facets of injury prevention that may not be adequately addressed in the standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. health curriculum. Through this collaboration we hope to provide additional training tools for medical students, as well as all healthcare professionals, that will seek to bridge this gap in education." In addition to the new curriculum module for medical students, AAA is conducting research on other tools to help medical practitioners deliver more powerful messages to their patients regarding child passenger safety. "We are in the beginning stages of a sustained effort to reach out to the medical community with information and assistance designed to help save children's lives," said Marvaso. For more information on AAA's involvement in child passenger safety and legislation designed to protect children in vehicles, visit www.aaa.com/publicaffairs. As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA provides more than 49 million members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travelers. AAA clubs can be visited on the Internet at www.aaa.com. The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. Founded in 1950, AMSA is a student-governed, non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training. With more than 68,000 members, AMSA is committed to improving medical training as well as advancing the profession of medicine. AMSA can be found online at www.amsa.org. Find your local AAA media contact and read other AAA news releases by logging on to www.AAA.com/news. |
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