Presenter Profile
Dex Tuttle, M.Ed., CPST-I
Children's Minnesota
Dex.Tuttle@childrensmn.org
Dex spent 10 years in higher education as a student affairs administrator, planning events, hosting conferences, and advocating for the diverse needs of the students. Looking for a change, he became and EMT in 2011 and began work as an Emergency Room Technician at a busy Level 1 trauma center. Combining these unique experiences, he found his way to Children’s Minnesota where he is currently the Injury Prevention Program Manager. He holds a Masters of Education from Penn State University and a BA in Computer Science from NDSU. He’s been a Child Passenger Safety Technician for since 2013 and a CPST instructor since 2014. He also teaches the Safe Travel for All Children course on strategies for safety transporting children who can’t be safely and comfortably transported in a retail-available car seat and the Safe Native American Passengers (SNAP) course, a car seat education curriculum designed with native and indigenous families in mind.
Presentations
Child Passenger Safety
Adrienne R. Gallardo, BSW, MAOM, CPST-I
Dex Tuttle, M.Ed., CPST-I
Denise Donaldson, MBA, CPST-I
How to Transport a Superhero: Considerations for Safe Transportation of Children with Unique Medical Circumstances
Dex Tuttle, M.Ed., CPST-I
Michelle Nichols, CPST-I
Car safety seats are designed for the typical child with minimal positioning or behavioral needs, but how do the nearly 20% of children with disabilities travel safely if a conventional car seat does not meet their needs? Child Passenger Safety Technicians are left with limited opportunities to build their skillset after tech class or the Safe Travel for All Children enrichment course, often with limited resources or mentoring opportunities. This session will serve as a technical update including tips, tricks, and resources to best meet the family’s needs.
1. Awareness of common medical diagnoses and their car seat challenges
2. Describe when/how various adaptive car seats can be used
3. Participate in real-life case studies to determine which car seat(s) can be used.