UAMS to Hold Child Car Seat Safety Checks Sept. 17

By ChaseYavondaC

Certified child passenger safety technicians will check that car seats are the appropriate size and have been correctly installed into vehicles. Arkansas law requires all children age 6 and under or who weigh less than 60 pounds be in a car seat.

“At least 90 percent of children in car seats are not properly restrained,” said Heather Smith, Child Passenger Safety Program Coordinator, UAMS. “It’s not always easy for parents and caregivers to adjust the seat to the proper fit. Our technicians can help adjust the seat to make sure the child is safe and answer any questions.”

For more information, call Smith at 501-231-0304.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

###