Health Tip: Safe Use of Air Bags

How you and your children should be seated

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(HealthDay News) -- Air bags can save the lives of you and your children, but they can also injure children if the youngsters are unrestrained or improperly restrained.

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The American College of Emergency Physicians offers these suggestions regarding air bags:

• Everyone in the car should always wear their seat belts.
• The front seats of the car should be moved back as far as is possible and comfortable.
• Young children should always be in the back seat, in either a car seat or booster seat.
• The driver should sit at least 10 inches from the steering wheel.
• Placing the driver's hands at the 10 and 2 positions on the steering wheel can offer protection in the event that an air bag is deployed.

-- Diana Kohnle