The following steps are just guidelines informing us what to do if we see a child or children unattended in a vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n Call emergency services such as police or ambulance immediately (911 in the United States):\u00a0 Provide them with the exact location, license plate, and vehicle description.\u00a0 Once informed, stay with the vehicle until help arrives and assist if possible.\u00a0 In addition, you can check and see if the doors of the vehicle are locked or not.<\/span><\/p>\n Find the parent:\u00a0 At this time, you can try to flag down any passerby and see if they can assist to find the parent or whoever owns the vehicle.\u00a0 If the vehicle is parked at the mall, it may be logical that to use your cellphone to find the mall service number to broadcast a message and try to find the parent that way.<\/span><\/p>\n Check the status of the children:\u00a0 During the time you wait for the parent and\/or the emergency services to arrive, you can also check to see the vital signs of the children.\u00a0 If you do notice any of the following signs, it may be critical to try and speed up the rescue.\u00a0 Also stay on the phone with the emergency dispatcher and describe the status of the children.\u00a0 Signs of heatstroke:\u00a0 fast breathing, disorientation, vomiting, collapse, lack of responsiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n Breaking the window to access the unattended children:\u00a0 At this point, you may choose to break the glass of the vehicle to save them.\u00a0 In most cases, children are found in the backseat of a vehicle, therefore, it is safer to break the driver side\u2019s glass in order to unlock all doors of the vehicle.\u00a0 This will decrease the chances of flying glass debris which may cause some danger should you decide to break the rear passenger glass.<\/span><\/p>\n Will you get in trouble if you break the glass to save a live?\u00a0 In some states including California, the person who carries out such an act is protected from the liability.\u00a0 The following is a direct quote from California\u2019s AB-2717 motor vehicles: unattended children liability law.\u00a0 In addition, in some states, this person is also protected under the Good Samaritan Law.<\/span><\/p>\n There shall not be any civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall accrue against, a person for property damage or trespass to a motor vehicle, if the damage was caused while the person was rescuing a child in accordance with subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1799.101 of the Health and Safety Code. For purposes of this section, \u201cchild\u201d means a child who is six years of age or younger.<\/span><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n After the rescue:\u00a0 What to do after you have broken the glass and rescued the children but the emergency services have not yet arrived?\u00a0 As we have covered in previous posting, we can try to move the children from the car seat to a cooler location (if possible), and remove any unwanted clothing.\u00a0 In addition, inform the emergency dispatcher should you have access to cold water, as running cold water all over the body may reduce the children\u2019s body temperature faster than any other method.\u00a0 Remember to inform the emergency dispatcher you have moved the children to another location if it was done so.<\/span><\/p>\n Remember, even though it may not be our children that we are caring for, but it is all of our responsibility and integrity to help in any way we can to save a life.\u00a0 As the late Richard Carlson (1961-2006, American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker) once said \u201cMaking your life with absolute integrity and kindness your first priority\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Text:<\/p>\n www.nhtsa.gov\/child-safety\/preventing-heatstroke-what-do-if-you-see-child-alone-car<\/a><\/p>\nsection 43.102 is added to the civil code, to read:<\/span><\/h3>\n
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