Palliative care teams of doctors, nurses, and social workers provide patients and families with the information they need to make painful choices, including decisions to avoid overly invasive care. What patients and their families want is for doctors to be clearer and more realistic about whatâs going on.
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maryland KISS Program Protect your children as they ride! The back seat is the safest. Children under 13 years old should ride in the back seat. * âChild restraintâ includes car seats, booster seats, or other federally approved safety devices. Marylandâs Child Passenger Safety Law
Using a booster seat with a lap/shoulder belt instead of just a safety belt reduces injury by 45% for 4 to 8-year-olds. Many states (including Virginia) require by law that children travel in a child seat or booster seat until at least age 8. Graduation out of a booster seat in best determined by proper fit of a safety belt, and many small-frame youngsters will require a booster seat long past the minimum age.