Trauma Injury Prevention Program

June 27, 2019

You know to keep babies out of hot cars — Children’s Hospital says also beware of hot strollers

“Even the thinnest of cloths or covers over the stroller or carrier can reduce air circulation and create a greenhouse effect in the enclosed space.”

By Jessica Pasley
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June 26, 2019

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt reminds drivers about July 1 cellphone law

Injury prevention experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt weigh in on state’s newest law banning cellphone use while driving

By Jessica Pasley
June 25, 2019

Children’s Hospital reminds drivers about new cellphone law: hands on the wheel, not on the phone

No reading or writing texts or emails either

By Jessica Pasley
June 10, 2019

“It’s hard to believe that a child could be forgotten in a car — but it happens”

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offers hot car injury prevention tips

By Jessica Pasley
May 30, 2019

Summer’s here and the time is right for safety at the pool

Drowning is a silent killer. How to be sure children have safe fun in the water.

By Jessica Pasley
From left are Purnima Unni, MPH, Allstate’s Andrea Richard, Vivian Mink and Allison May, Harold Lovvorn III, MD, and Eppiphanie Benton.
February 21, 2019

Allstate grant bolsters Children’s Hospital teen driver safety efforts

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt kicked off its yearlong campaign to empower teens to “Be in the Zone — Turn off Your Phone” during the first of three hospital-focused seminars.

By Jessica Pasley