Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, S.N. Children Hospital, M.L.N. Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
PG Scholar and Independent Researcher, Department of Medicine, CRIUM, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Trop Doct. 2021 Jan;51(1):109-111. doi: 10.1177/0049475520945445. Epub 2020 Aug 17.
Parked vehicles can create deadly environments for young children who are left unattended. This study was a descriptive analysis to describe circumstances leading to death in children left unattended in parked motor vehicles in India. Between 2011 and 2018, there were 16 incidents that resulted in 28 fatalities across India, mostly in the summer months. The majority of children (19/28) were aged 4-6 years, of whom 25 (89%) gained access to unattended vehicles and became accidentally locked in. Hyperthermia-related deaths are a poorly recognised type of vehicular injury in India; there has been no analysis to describe circumstances leading to such fatalities.
停驶的车辆可能会对无人看管的幼儿造成致命威胁。本研究为描述性分析，旨在描述印度无人看管的儿童在停驶的机动车中死亡的情况。2011 年至 2018 年间，印度发生了 16 起事件，导致 28 人死亡，大多数发生在夏季。大多数儿童（28 人中有 19 人）年龄在 4-6 岁之间，其中 25 人（89%）进入无人看管的车辆并意外被锁在里面。印度对与高温有关的死亡认识不足，尚未对导致此类死亡的情况进行分析。
