Showing posts with label child injury prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child injury prevention. Show all posts

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Calm bus driver gets 56 kids off safely before bus bursts into flames

It started as another Tuesday morning for school bus driver Teresa Stroble. She picked up 56 kids bound for the Duncan South Carolina elementary, middle, and high schools. Suddenly, two older students in the back of the bus yelled that they smelled smoke. Thinking quickly, Stroble pulled the bus over into the parking lot of a car wash. In less than a minute, she evacuated all the students from the bus, moved them a safe distance away, and radioed her transportation office to call 911.

The empty bus burst into flames.

Grateful students, parents, emergency responders, and school district officials are unanimous in their praise of Stroble's calm management of the crisis. No doubt, her ability to handle the situation exactly as she was trained to do saved lives.

The students have dubbed Teresa Stroble their superhero.

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Ten-year-old Texas boy invents device to prevent infant deaths in hot cars

When fifth-grader Bishop Curry V learned about the death of an infant in a hot car near his home in McKinney Texas, he was sad. When he realized he rode right past the infant's house every day on his way to school, the horrible story became personal. He decided to act.

Always in his yard tinkering on an invention or two, Bishop set to work. He has created a prototype of a device he calls 'Oasis.' Part sensor and part activator, the device will attach to the car seat and blow cool air on the infant if a high temperature is detected. It will also send out a signal to notify parents and authorities of the infant's danger.

Bishop has received a provisional patent on the idea and has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for a full patent. With the help of his father, Bishop Curry IV, an engineer for Toyota, the 10-year-old presented his prototype to car manufacturers at the Child Injury Prevention Conference last year.

With infant hot car deaths averaging 37 per year, Bishop hopes his device will be a life-saver. I for one can't wait to see what this big-hearted prodigy does next.