mamakaimon
New member
I am doing a field placement for school (internship type deal) at a CLSC in Montreal. I help out at the post natal group for families. One of the nurses asked me for my opinion on what topics should be covered and I suggested car seats. We work in an area of the city that has a dense immigrant population, many speak minimal French or English and most have very low incomes. I have seen soo soo much car seat misuse. Bulky snow suits, chest clips buckled but not crotch clips, car seats in the car, but sitting sideways on the seat (so obviously not installed at all, forget poorly installed).
So the nurse agrees that this is an excellent topic. She goes to the police department asking to have a technician come in and speak. They tell her`"we don't do that here" also tells her that the fire department doesn't either. Tells her they send people to some place on such and such street, but can't find the name of the place or the phone number to give her. Gives her a card for the saaq website. she's shocked. She's been a prenatal/post natal nurse for a long time and has always told clients to go to the police department or fire department to get their seats checked and installed.
So she's busy. I take the card and check the saaq website for where to find installation help. So it's CAA and SAAQ working together. There's a list of garages and baby stores that (according to them) have someone with "special training" who can verify seats. Oh and some of the garages may charge a fee to do so. So I'm browsing the list and what do I see? Police Departments. Including the one we went to where they said "nope. don't do that here"
I'm really frusrated that it's so hard to find help! I mean if it's this hard as professionals to get anywhere, imagine for others. No wonder there's so much misuse around here.
And you know what? One of the reasons I found this site way back when I had my daughter was because *I* was looking for help for my car seats. I never did find it. I read and learned and researched until I felt confident enough to do it myself. Not everyone is as determined as I am or as much of a perfectionist in making sure I do it right.
So we're calling around now. Trying to find someone qualified to come speak to our group.
Anyone on here in the Montreal area? or know of anyone in the Montreal area???
So the nurse agrees that this is an excellent topic. She goes to the police department asking to have a technician come in and speak. They tell her`"we don't do that here" also tells her that the fire department doesn't either. Tells her they send people to some place on such and such street, but can't find the name of the place or the phone number to give her. Gives her a card for the saaq website. she's shocked. She's been a prenatal/post natal nurse for a long time and has always told clients to go to the police department or fire department to get their seats checked and installed.
So she's busy. I take the card and check the saaq website for where to find installation help. So it's CAA and SAAQ working together. There's a list of garages and baby stores that (according to them) have someone with "special training" who can verify seats. Oh and some of the garages may charge a fee to do so. So I'm browsing the list and what do I see? Police Departments. Including the one we went to where they said "nope. don't do that here"
I'm really frusrated that it's so hard to find help! I mean if it's this hard as professionals to get anywhere, imagine for others. No wonder there's so much misuse around here.
And you know what? One of the reasons I found this site way back when I had my daughter was because *I* was looking for help for my car seats. I never did find it. I read and learned and researched until I felt confident enough to do it myself. Not everyone is as determined as I am or as much of a perfectionist in making sure I do it right.
So we're calling around now. Trying to find someone qualified to come speak to our group.
Anyone on here in the Montreal area? or know of anyone in the Montreal area???