Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel - Child Safety Program

What is it?

Randall Children’s Child Safety Program is a three-pronged effort that is integrated into obstetrical and pediatric services in all five Legacy Health sites in Oregon and Washington. The three separate and collaborative, hospital-based child injury prevention programs are the Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Program, Shaken Baby Prevention Program and The Safety Store and Resource Center, which includes a newer initiative targeting child window falls.

Who is it for?

Children in the communities served by Legacy Health.

Why do they do it?

The program’s goal is to protect children from the number one cause of death, disability and injury – predictable and preventable (both unintended and inflicted) injury.

Impact

The Child Safety Program has been working with hospital staff to check the car seat for each discharge (338 in 2012). Also that year, CPS conducted approximately 590 seat checks and provided 118 low-cost car safety seats to families in need. To date, CPS has recycled 7,000 car safety seats.

Contact: Jaime Hurst
Administrative Assistant, Nursing Administration
Telephone: 503-276-6539
E-mail: jhurst@lhs.org