URGENT: 60% of Car Seats Are Installed Wrong. Is Yours One of Them?
Okay Louisiana parents, grandparents, anyone charged with driving with little ones in the car, do you know for a fact that child's car seat is installed correctly?
Truth be told, it's likely not. In fact, experts say that roughly sixty percent of all child safety seats are incorrectly installed in vehicles.
That's a staggering statistic, and for anyone to discover that the injury or death of a child in a vehicle accident could have been avoided if the seat had been properly installed, would be a lifelong burden to bear.
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Thankfully, this Saturday, September 27, as part of National Seat Check Saturday, Louisiana is offering free "Seat Safety Checks" at nine different locations throughout the state, including Ochsner LSU Health - St. Mary's Medical Center at 1 St. Mary Place in Shreveport.
From 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, during Ochsner's "Super Safe Saturday" along with free car seat safety checks, attendees will also find booths teaching gun safety, water safety, bicycle safety, safe sleep with newborns by WK and Ochsner nurses.
Gingerbread house will have a booth set up to discuss domestic violence. LSUHS PT and OT will have a CarFit booth set up to educate our older population in the proper placement of seatbelts to keep them safe on the roads.
They'll also have Mr. Spud bringing out the ice cream truck and bounce houses for the kids. The kids will also be delighted to see all the Shreveport Fire and Police and Caddo Sheriff's Office vehicles and personnel.
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