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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:1093.

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I read with great interest the article by Newman et al¹ in the October 2003 issue of the ARCHIVES. Future federal aviation regulations may recommend that all infants have their own seat with a child restraint system (CRS), which may in turn influence more families to travel by car and cause an increased mortality due to road traffic accidents.¹ However, providing parents who opt to fly with the best safety information available needs to be improved. In addition to the lack of adequate child restraints on aircraft, young children are also excluded from many other safety devices. Age-appropriate flotation devices are not uniformly available for young children. Oxygen masks are not only unavailable but are also of incorrect size. To assess available parent information and safety education, we studied the Web sites of 20 international airlines. This revealed that 12 airlines had a special children’s section and 13 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Eleanor J. Molloy, MB, PhD, MRCPI, MRCPCH