Child Passenger Safety Information & Resource Guide
Safe Kids Worldwide – CPS Certification Information including your personal profile and contact info, logging seat-check activity, finding update or certification courses, re-certification, questions/concerns
1-877-366-8154 (customer service line through PES)
E-mail: cps.certification@safekids.org
Newsletter: CPS Express!
Maryland Kids In Safety Seats – Statewide CPS technical support/info, consumer helpline, e-mail updates, training and seat check-up event schedules, educational materials, Maryland CPS Advisory Board Co-chair
1-800-370-SEAT (7328)
E-mail: kiss@dhmh.state.md.us
Maryland Highway Safety Office – Occupant Protection Information including county Community Traffic Safety Program coordinators, educational materials and Maryland CPS Advisory Board Co-chair
Tim Richards, Occupant Protection Coordinator
410-787-4072
E-mail: trichards@sha.state.md.us
Maryland EMSC Child Passenger Safety Project – Promotes child passenger safety discharge policies for Maryland hospitals and health care professionals. Resources available through Web site.
Pam Homiak, CPS Hospital Project Coordinator
410-706-8647
E-mail: phomiak@miemss.org
National Child Passenger Safety Board –Information and updates regarding standardized curriculum, certification/re-certification, national issues/concerns, download CPS tech manual, list of child restraint manufacturers
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) –CPS and automotive safety information, safety seat and vehicle recalls, auto safety hotline (report defects), free educational materials
Safe Ride News Publications –Most current CPS resource information, educational materials (fee charged)
800-403-1424
Publications: Safe Ride News Fact Sheets (updated annually)
LATCH Manual
Safe Ride News (bi-monthly CPS publication)
Safe Ride News Pictorial Guide to Child Safety Restraints
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center – Free recall list and notification service
E-mail: cps@hsrc.unc.edu
Safety Restraint Coalition – 4 page recall list with updates as needed (fee charged)
425-828-8975
CPSPList – An informative web list-serve related to Child Passenger Safety. To subscribe, send an E-mail to the list administrator.
Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS) - Child Passenger Safety research conducted in collaboration with State Farm Insurance Companies, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and American Academy of Pediatrics. Research focuses on injury patterns among children, crash and air bag data. Consumer information includes research reports and interactive videos of car and booster seat and LATCH installation.
(Copies of article abstracts authored by PCPS researchers)
Publications: CPS Issue Report (archived issues available on-line)
Automotive Safety Program - National leader and expert in transportation of children with special health care needs.
800-543-6227
Injury Prevention Literature Update - A weekly listserve with access to research abstracts. Includes transportation issues as well as various injury prevention research articles. E-mail topics can be filtered according to your interests.
619-594-3691
SafetyBeltSafe USA - Provides a bi-monthly newsletter “SafetyBeltSafe News” and website for parents and CPS professionals. Latest car seat instructions and update service available online with subscription fee. Produce color “Car Seat Pictorial Guide” to assist with car seat identification.
800-745-SAFE (English) or 800-747-SANO (Spanish)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - Policy statements and practice guidelines for pediatricians regarding safe transportation for children. Site also contains information for parents of children from birth to 21 years old.
09/07
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