TY - JOUR
AU - Schneider, Lawrence
			 W.
AB - Occupant restraint systems are designed based on knowledge of crashdynamics and the application of proven occupant-protection principles. Forambulatory children or children who use wheelchairs but can transfer out oftheir wheelchair when traveling in motor vehicles, there is a range of childsafety seats that comply with federal safety standards and that therefore offerhigh levels of crash protection. For children who remain seated in wheelchairsfor travel, the use of wheelchairs and wheelchair tiedown and occupantrestraint systems (WTORS) that comply with voluntary industry standardssignificantly enhances safety. Revisions to the initial versions of thesestandards will further improve safety for smaller children who travel seated inwheelchairs by requiring wheelchairs for children between 13 and 22 kg (18 and50 lb) to provide a five-point, wheelchair-integrated crash-tested harnesssimilar to that used in forward-facing child safety seats. While wheelchair andtiedown/restraint manufacturers, van modifiers, transportation personnel,clinicians, and others involved with children who use wheelchairs have clearlydefined responsibilities relative to providing these children with safetransportation, parents and caregivers should be knowledgeable aboutbest-practice in wheelchair transportation safety and should use this knowledgeto advocate for the safest transportation possible.
TI - Applying basic principles of child passenger safety to improving			 transportation safety for children who travel while seated in wheelchairs
JF - Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
DO - 10.3233/prm-2012-0191
DA - 2011-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/ios-press/applying-basic-principles-of-child-passenger-safety-to-improving-1mHiu6uUH9
SP - 241
EP - 250
VL - 4
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -