Expose him to heat shock equivalent to heat stroke
Global warming threatens the life of the child inside the vehicle within 10 minutes
Global warming has been happening for years.
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Doctors and traffic and climate specialists have warned against leaving children alone in vehicles, especially during the summer months, stressing that the temperature of a closed vehicle, exposed for a long time in direct sunlight, reaches 60 degrees Celsius.
They explained that leaving or forgetting a child inside the vehicle in such an atmosphere exposes him to a heat shock equivalent to "sunstroke", and then suffocation and death within a period not exceeding 10 minutes.
Over the past years, police stations at the state level have recorded accidents that resulted in injuries and deaths of a number of children because they were forgotten inside their parents' vehicles and school buses.
Cases of neglecting children's supervision while playing were also recorded, as they repeatedly entered their parents' vehicles and closed the doors on them.
In detail, Ibrahim Al-Jarwan, a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, said that the period from the beginning of June until the end of next August is the hottest in the Arabian Peninsula, and during which what the Arabs knew as “heating rays” is repeated.
He said, "With the intensification of the summer heat, the possibility of exposure to global warming increases inside closed cars, directly exposed to the sun," adding that the temperature inside the car is likely to exceed 60 degrees Celsius within only half an hour, if the temperature outside is 40 degrees Celsius, "which increases the risk of Global warming inside the vehicle, and may cause health damage, and heat exhaustion that leads to death, especially for children, patients or the elderly, if they are left for a while inside the vehicle while it is closed.”
He added that temperatures are rising to reach their peak during the current period, in most of the lands of the Arabian Peninsula, between the months of June and August, as the maximum temperatures touch 43 degrees Celsius, with an opportunity for the arrival of hot and dry waves that raise the maximum temperatures to exceed 48 degrees Celsius in some cases. Heat waves repeat about every 10 or 15 days, and last from two to five days on average.
Dr. Adel Saeed Sajwani, a specialist in family medicine at the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, said, "The syndrome of forgetting a child in a vehicle is a global phenomenon, as statistics indicate that 40 children die annually in the United States of America due to being forgotten in vehicles by their parents."
He added that "55 percent of parents, who forgot their children in vehicles, did not expect that they would be exposed to these accidents," adding that "the problem of forgetting children increases with families that have a large number of them, which calls for counting them upon arrival at the destination."
He stated that «the child may be exposed to death if he stays in the vehicle for only 10 minutes, because closing the car causes global warming inside, and with the increase in temperature, the child reaches severe heat exhaustion syndrome, and this leads to his death quickly, in addition to the toxic gases that come out of the vehicle’s brushes». and its equipment.
Sajwani stated that “some parents leave their children alone inside the vehicle, while it is in operation, ignoring the existence of different risks, such as the possibility that the child may play with the vehicle’s equipment and move the transmission and steering wheel, and leaving the air conditioner on without moving the vehicle for a long time, It leads to the emission of toxic gases,” noting that to preserve the child’s life, he should not be left alone inside the vehicle, even if it is in the operating mode, and he must be accompanied by an adult, or accompanied by the father and mother in the event they get off the vehicle.
The emergency doctor, Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Hayas, warned of global warming during the summer, as “the temperatures rise dramatically inside the closed vehicle, and the person inside may be exposed to a heat shock equivalent to heat stroke, and the injury may cause dehydration and a lack of water and salts in the body, and then heat stress.” and death.”
He pointed out that “the risk increases more for people with chronic diseases and children, if they are left or forgotten inside closed vehicles, and the time period varies from one person to another, in terms of survival, as this is due to factors related to age, health and the body’s ability to resist high heat. ».
Al-Hayas stressed the need to monitor children, and not to leave them alone in parked vehicles, and also stressed the need to drink water constantly during the current period, to compensate for what the body loses of fluids, and not to be exposed to sunlight for a long time, and to adhere to the instructions of the concerned authorities about the periods during which work is prohibited during the summer. .
In turn, the traffic expert, Executive Director of the Saed Association to reduce traffic accidents, Jamal Al-Amri, warned of the dangers that may result from leaving children alone in vehicles during the summer, without adult companions to look after them.
He said, “The dangers arise from several possibilities, including that the child closes the vehicle’s doors on himself from the inside, or tampers with the control devices inside the vehicle, or the air conditioning device and causes it to close, while not knowing how to open it again, which leads to suffocation due to high Air temperatures and vehicle temperature, and may be exposed to death as a result, and the dangers include the possibility that carbon monoxide may leak into the vehicle without the knowledge of the passengers, especially children, which leads to death without trying to avoid this danger, and there is also the possibility of an electrical failure. As a result of global warming, if the engine is running, which leads to combustion of the vehicle or mechanical failure.”
He pointed to the danger of children tampering with the transmission or steering wheel, the vehicle moving on the road or across a cliff, colliding with another vehicle or falling from a high place.
Al-Amiri stressed the need to work to increase traffic awareness among all segments of society, especially mothers, as they are often entrusted with taking children to schools, parks or markets, asking them to take all precautions and not to leave their children alone in vehicles.
He warned of a mistake that many parents make, which is to leave the car in the yard of the house open, as "that child is tempted to sneak inside to play or discover something new, until he loses his strength and is unable to get out of it."
He called on motorists to shut down the engines of their vehicles after they got off them, and not to leave them running for any reason, “even if the period they will spend outside is short, because this may expose them to theft or other accidents, such as burning or technical failure leading to tragic accidents, as well as the necessity of sitting Children in the back seats, with seat belts fastened while driving to provide protection for them.
Neglecting
Lawyers confirmed that the state’s laws have intensified the penalty for anyone who exposes his child to neglect and danger, such as leaving him alone in the vehicle, as “he is punished by imprisonment, or a fine not exceeding 10 thousand dirhams, who endangers a child under seven years of age, and that was in a crowded place.” people, whether by himself or through others.” The Child Protection Law, known as “Wadeema,” also stressed the penalty for neglect and harm to the child’s safety, pointing out that leaving children alone inside the vehicle is a form of neglect punishable by the Child Law.
• Toxic gases coming out of the vehicle's upholstery and equipment, increase the risk of summer accidents.
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