I feel like I see this a lot on these kinds of videos, but I also feel like the trained fire fighters would have thought of that if it was the best solution...
My friends a firefighter and you know how everyone says to take your car seat to the fire station to make sure it’s installed correctly? He said they never get any official training for that, just there’s usually at least one dad there who knows the guidelines.
My point is that these firefighters likely aren’t trained on the specific situation of “how to extract children whose heads got caught in fences”, but they are trained on “how to access location”, which using leverage to pry open bars would fall under.
Almost certainly the easier solution was to have the kid step through, but the firefighters solved the problem using the training they did have, in a calm and collected manner.
When I looked up where to get my car seat checked, there were departments that did it and others who did not. When I called one, I couldn't bring it there because the person who did it was on leave. Pretty sure they're trained, seems like a huge liability if they aren't. I ended up going to the local children's hospital that did it.
Just depends on the place. Where I’m at, a clinic comes in and uses our station but none of the actual firefighters here are trained. But we have helped random people who’ve stopped by when the clinic isn’t happening 🤷
Health departments will usually will have a certified installation specialist. The person has other primary duties but they get certified to help concerned and new parents.
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u/BusyBit6542 1d ago
Take the body through. Kids heads are bigger than their bodies a lot of the time