Palliative care teams of doctors, nurses, and social workers provide patients and families with the information they need to make painful choices, including decisions to avoid overly invasive care. What patients and their families want is for doctors to be clearer and more realistic about whatâs going on.
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maryland KISS Program Protect your children as they ride! The back seat is the safest. Children under 13 years old should ride in the back seat. * âChild restraintâ includes car seats, booster seats, or other federally approved safety devices. Marylandâs Child Passenger Safety Law
Even greater cause for concern is that a large child of 15 months who is in the 95th percentile for weight can easily approach 30 pounds. At that age a child's body is not developed enough nor likely to be tall enough for this type of seat. A good thing is that of the 28 booster seats with the lower allowable weight limits, at least half also include a minimum age limit of three and others include height limits that are more typical of a three-year-old.