Carseats for kids with Halo braces

Patriot201 · Jul 9, 2007

I have always wondered how children with Halo braces are safely transported in a vehicle. Take a look at some of that I found:

1)

Halo Traction:
Recommendations for car safety seat and safety restraint use are limited due to inconclusive crash testing on restraints with this medical condition
Select a car safety seat or safety restraint with adequate space for the halo
Select a car safety seat or safety restraint with a harness that is easy to route over the shoulders and secure
Make sure the car safety seat or safety restraint allows for easy evacuation of the child in case of an emergency
Tethering of a forward-facing car safety seat or restraint is recommended even if it is not required by the car seat manufacturer
Consider the use of an E-Z-On Modified Vest for a child over 2 years of age and 20 pounds, which allows them to travel lying down on a vehicle seat
Consider the use of a Spelcast car safety seat (and some conventional seats) for a child under 40 pounds. The harness system is attached and adjusted from the front allowing the shoulder harness to be placed over the shoulders and then secured
Consider the use of a Columbia 2000 where the shoulder harness straps can be placed through the harness slots from the front of the car safety seat while the child sits in the car safety seat

2) Scroll down to the "carseat" section. I tried to copy and paste, but the photos didn't do well.

ThreeBeans · Jul 9, 2007

Oh, just reading that site made me feel so bad for those kids. That looks HORRIBLE

tarynsmum · Jul 10, 2007

My aunt and my grandmother (at the same time, actually, for different reasons) both had a halo. My aunt was 18 (stemming from a car crash) at the time, and wore it for 6 months.

safeinthecar · Jul 10, 2007

Any rear-facing seat wide enough to accomidate the HALO is fine. You just detach the harness and thread the harness over the child's shoulders, then reattach the harness in the back. The Sit N Stroll works for some kids forward facing. If it doesn't, a crash tested wheel chair is the only good option. The seat the web site showed, works great for getting the child in, but then is impossible to install correctly with child already buckled in.

I don't recommend forward facing for children with any kind of spinal injury or surgery. The HALO especially, would cause problems in a ffing crash. not only because the child in it already has a compromised spine, but because if the head were to fly forward in a crash, the part of the cast that is braced against the childs chest would be forced hard against the child's chest.

For children who have putgrown a HWL convertable rear-facing, I recommend importing a seat. Easiest way to circumvent import troubles is to get the child's doctor to write a perscription for the seat, and import in as medical equipement. This proccess takes about 3 weeks.

Kimberly

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