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days a child dies from heatstroke in a vehicle. Children can also sustain injuries from hot cars thatinclude permanent brain injury, blindness and loss of hearing. Heatstroke tragedies often occur whenthere has been a change in a familys daily routine, a parent leaves a child in the car for just a minuteunaware how quickly the temperature in a car can rise to dangerous levels or after a child gets into anunlocked vehicle to play unbeknownst to the parent or caregiver.

Top Tips These tragedies are preventable. Avert and reduce the number of deaths fromheatstroke by remembering to ACT:

A: Avoid heatstroke-related injury and death by never leaving your child unattendedin a car, not even for a minute. Make a habit of looking in the vehicle front and back and keep keys stored out of a child s reach and car doors locked when the vehicle isnot in use to prevent children from getting in on their own.

C: Create reminders by putting something in the back of your car next to your childsuch as a briefcase, a purse or a cell phone that is needed at your final destination.

This is especially important if youre not following your normal routine.

T: Take action. If you see a child alone in a car, call 911. Emergency personnel wantyou to call. They are trained to respond to these situations. One call could save a life.

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