Kiwanis Club Of Camarillo

Pediatric Trauma Prevention Sticker

The Kiwanis Club of Camarillo participated in Healthy Kids Day at the Camarillo YMCA on April 18, 2009.  Volunteers handed out Pediatric Trauma Prevention (“PTP”) Stickers to parents of children still riding in car seats and booster seats and shared information about our Club’s PTP program.

As part of a District-wide program operated by Kiwanis clubs throughout California, Nevada, and Hawaii, the Camarillo Kiwanis raise funds for programs that prevent trauma to young children and address the needs of young children who have been traumatically injured.

One of those programs includes providing our PTP stickers to car seat users.  In the event of an accident, it can often be the case that the adults in a vehicle are taken to a different hospital than their children.  When the children are not hurt, they can be taken to a local police station pending notification of other family members.

But, when parents and children become separated, it can be difficult for emergency personnel to know who to contact.  When children are injured, it becomes imperative that emergency medical personnel know if the injured child has any drug allergies, is taking any medication, or has pre-existing medical conditions that would influence how treatment is to be rendered.  By placing completed PTP stickers on their children’s car seats, families ensure that emergency personnel have the information they need to render appropriate medical attention and contact family members right away.

A large part of the Kiwanis’ PTP program is preventing pediatric trauma care from resulting in additional trauma to injured young children.  The Cal-Nev-Ha District of Kiwanis International, of which the Kiwanis Club of Camarillo is a part, operates the Kiwanis Doctors program, which trains medical doctors in pediatric trauma care and then sends these doctors around throughout the District providing training to emergency medical personnel on proper trauma care to young children, thereby preventing things like adult-sized equipment being improperly used on little bodies and inappropriately large dosages of drugs being administered to small children.

The Kiwanis Club of Camarillo raises funds through a number of efforts to help finance the costs of its PTP program.  We contribute to the Kiwanis Doctors program, purchase PTP stickers to distribute to Camarillo families free of charge, and purchase car seats and car seat installation supplies that we donate to the Ventura County Fire Department, which operates a certified car seat installation program at the Camarillo Airport.

For more information about our PTP programs, including requesting free PTP stickers for your car seats, please email us at online@kiwanisclubofcamarillo.com.  If you are interested in becoming a Camarillo Kiwanis volunteer, you can email us at the same address or complete our Volunteer/Member Interest Form.