Car seats can be deadly for sleeping babies

몇일전 한국 뉴스를 보니 아이들 카시트 10개중 6개가 불량이라는 소식이 나왔었습니다.

뉴질랜드에서는 이런 카시트 불량을 넘어서는 뉴스가 나왔네요.

좀 있다 태어날 금동이에게 도움이 될만한 소식이라 옮겨 봅니다.

아기를 차안이 아닌 평상시에도 카시트에 재우면 위험하다는 연구 결과입니다.

오클랜드대학교 연구진 발표에 의하면,

자동차에서 내리자마자 아기를 카시트에서 꺼내야 한다고 합니다.

카시트에서 아기를 재울 경우 유아급사증후군 발생 위험이 높은 것으로 나타났기 때문입니다.

81명의 아기를 대상으로 조사한 결과, 

카시트에 재울 경우 아기의 고개는 앞으로 젖혀지게 되고, 

이로 인해 턱은 가슴에 닿게 되고 혀가 기도를 막아 위험하게 되는 것이라고 하네요.

또한 카시트에 오래 있는 아기는 그렇지 않은 아기보다 산소 공급량이 적어진다고 합니다.

카시트에 앉혀진 아기는 보기에는 편안해 보이지만 실제로는 필요한 산소를 제대로 공급받지 못하는 것이네요. 이렇게 산소 부족을 계속 격을 경우 유아기 뇌발달에 영향이 있게 된다고 합니다.

연구진은 생후 6개월 미만의 아기는 되도록 장시간 자동차에 태우지 않도록 권고합니다. 

또 분리형 베이비 캡슐을 사용하지 말고,

캡슐은 자동차 전용을 사용 하는 것이 바람직하다고 권하고 있습니다.

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Car seats can be deadly for sleeping babies

New research suggests babies should never be left to sleep in car seats when not in the car.

A study from Auckland University has found a link between car safety seats and decreased oxygen levels, as babies' heads slump forward when they fall asleep in the seats.

The researchers studied breathing patterns of babies sleeping in a car safety seat, with and without a foam plastic insert.

It found that breathing issues were significantly reduced when the insert was used.

Dr Christine McIntosh, the lead researcher, said the study highlighted the fact parents should not let their infants sleep in car seats when they were not in the car.

"Sudden unexpected deaths in infants can occasionally occur in car seats/capsules," she said.

Christchurch mother-of-three Rachel Jamieson, 34, said she was surprised to hear the practice could be unsafe.

"People have been keeping their babies in car seats for years. I thought they would have had all safety checks done before you buy [them]. It is quite worrying."

Jamieson's youngest, Greta, is 5 months old and sleeps in a car seat in the front seat, which does not have an airbag.

"I feel reasonably comfortable as I can see her while I'm driving, but if your baby was in the back in the car seat you may not see what was happening."

Jamieson said she had been "guilty" of letting her babies sleep in the car seat while they were not in the car.

"I probably did it the most with my first one. It's because they're so settled you don't want to wake them up.

"A lot of mothers do take the baby out while they grab a coffee and some even have carseats that clip on to wheels to become a pushchair. It's not common knowledge at all that you shouldn't let them sleep."

McIntosh said they wanted to find out whether an insert that allows the infant's head to rest upright in sleep could improve safety by reducing periods of low oxygen.

The study found that the foam insert reduced the number of stop- breathing problems due to obstruction and reduced the fall in oxygen levels during these episodes.

However, it did not significantly reduce the overall rate of moderate low oxygen events.

"Even reducing severity of the fall in oxygen levels is important and is a good indicator that the insert did help make babies safer," said McIntosh.

The foam plastic insert, designed to allow the infant's head to rest in a neutral position in sleep, is already available commercially.

Jamieson said she would consider buying one if it became common knowledge that they helped babies.

"If someone like Plunket endorse the research and that this could help then I would definitely buy one. You'd do anything to keep your children safe."

기사원문 링크 : http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8927177/Car-seats-can-be-deadly-for-sleeping-babies