Springfield child passenger safety leader chairs national board
Feb. 14, 2006
 

Washington, DC – A Springfield child passenger safety instructor has been elected to serve as Chair of the National Child Passenger Safety Board.

Pam Holt, Trauma Prevention Education Coordinator for St. John's Hospital in Springfield, MO will lead the Board through 2007. Pam is also the Vice Chair of the Missouri Injury and Violence Prevention Advisory Council and Chair of the Springfield Safe Kids Coalition.  She is well established as an educator and resource for injury prevention on a local, state and national level. Pam has developed many educational programs which are designed to teach about preventing injury to diverse populations.   

Pam is very active in the legislative process in improving Missouri’s passenger restraint laws.  She has developed the National Task Force for Child Passenger Safety in Healthcare and takes an active role in assisting health care providers in establishing national child passenger safety programs.  Pam shares her expertise nationally by presenting at national conferences

The National Child Passenger Safety Board was established to advise the training and certification of child passenger safety technicians, who help parents and caregivers learn how to use their child safety seats. The Board works with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Safe Kids Worldwide to provide insight from a diverse base of communities and organizations into the teaching and certification of child passenger safety technicians. More information about the National Child Passenger Safety Board is located at http://www.cpsboard.org.

Tens of thousands of people have been certified as Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPST) since 1997. This week, many technicians will participate in education events for parents and child safety seat inspection clinics, in observance of Child Passenger Safety Week from Feb. 12-18. To find a local child safety seat inspection station, visit http://www.nhtsa.gov/cps/cpsfitting.


For media information, contact St. John's Media Relations at 417-820-2426 or cscott@sprg.mercy.net  or Deborah Trombley at 630-775-2250 or trombled@nsc.org.