Ngo-Agasti 13, 2026, eMadisonville, eKentucky, e-USA, udokotela oneminyaka engu-61 ubudala, uStacey Fazenbaker, wakhohlwa umzukulu wakhe onezinyanga eziyi-10 ubudala, uScottie Gwyn Crowell, esihlalweni sangemuva seVolvo yakhe. Intombazanyana yahlala ngaphakathi emotweni amahora angaphezu kwayisishiyagalombili ekushiseni okushisayo, amazinga okushisa edlula ama-degrees Celsius angu-115 (46 degrees Celsius). Ngesikhathi ugogo eqaphela iphutha lakhe, kwase kwephuze kakhulu: ingane yayisishonile ngenxa yokushisa okukhulu komzimba. Leli cala, eliye laba yizihloko zezindaba emhlabeni wonke, aliyona into eyenzeka yodwa, kodwa kunalokho liyisiqalo senhlekelele ephindaphindayo ebulala izimpilo zezingane eziningi minyaka yonke.
ESpain, ngoMeyi 20, 2026, eBrión (A Coruña), ubaba wakhohlwa indodakazi yakhe eneminyaka emibili nengxenye ubudala, uSara, emotweni ngesikhathi eshayela eya emsebenzini. Intombazane yatholakala inesifo senhliziyo futhi yashona naphezu kwemizamo yokuvuselela umzimba. Ngonyaka nje ngaphambili, eValls (Tarragona), enye ingane eneminyaka efanayo yashona ngemuva kokuchitha amahora angaphezu kwamane emotweni kayise ngesikhathi sokushisa okukhulu. La macala, kanye nalawo enzeke e-Italy, eCanada, nase-United States, aveza iphethini efanayo: ukukhohlwa akuhlosiwe, kodwa kunalokho ukukhohlwa okwaziwa ngokuthi i- forgotten baby syndrome , okubangelwa ukucindezeleka, ukuntuleka kokulala, noma izinguquko endleleni yokuphila.
Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo uDavid Diamond wase-University of South Florida besilokhu sicwaninga ngalesi simo iminyaka eminingi. Ngokusho kocwaningo lwakhe, ubuchopho bomuntu bunezinhlobo ezimbili zenkumbulo: inkumbulo ye-autopilot (elawulwa yi-basal ganglia) kanye nenkumbulo ye-prospective, ehlela izenzo ezintsha noma ezahlukene (ezilawulwa yi-hippocampus kanye namanethiwekhi e-prefrontal). Lapho umuntu enza umsebenzi ojwayelekile, njengokushayela eya emsebenzini, i-autopilot iyaqala futhi ingacindezela inkumbulo ye-prospective , okwenza umshayeli akhohlwe ngokuphelele ukuthi unengane esihlalweni sangemuva. Ukucindezeleka, ukuntuleka kokulala, kanye nezinguquko zeshejuli zamuva kwandisa ingozi yalokhu kwehluleka.
Izinsana zisengozini enkulu yokushisa: uhlelo lwazo lokulawula ukushisa aluvuthiwe, futhi imizimba yazo ishisa kakhulu ngokuphindwe kahlanu kuneyomuntu omdala. Emotweni evaliwe, izinga lokushisa lingakhuphuka ngama-degrees angu-20 ngemizuzu eyi-10 nje kuphela, liguqule imoto ibe yihhavini elibulalayo. I-Hyperthermia ibangela ukuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni, ukulimala kwamangqamuzana, ukuxhuzula, futhi ekugcineni, ukwehluleka kwezitho eziningi kanye nokuma kwenhliziyo. E-United States, ucwaningo olwanyatheliswa ku- Paediatric Child & Health ngo-2019 lulinganisela ukuthi isilinganiso sezingane ezingu-37 ziyafa minyaka yonke ngenxa yalesi sizathu, nokuthi ama-55% ala macala abangelwa ukunganakwa okungahlosiwe ngabanakekeli.
Izinhlekelele zikaBrión noValls eSpain aziyona into engavamile. E-Italy, ngoJulayi 18, 2024, intombazane eneminyaka eyodwa ubudala yashona eMarcon (eVenice) ngemuva kokuba uyise eyikhohlwe emotweni ngesikhathi eya emsebenzini. Iphephandaba i -La Repubblica libike ukuthi ukufa okunjalo okungu-11 kwakubhalwe phansi e-Italy kuphela. ECanada, ngo-2018, uCassius Perlot owayenezinyanga eziyisithupha washona eMontreal lapho uyise emshiya endaweni yokupaka ehhovisi lakhe; izinga lokushisa langaphandle lalingama-degree Celsius angu-25 kuphela, kodwa ngaphakathi emotweni kwakwanele ukumbulala. E-United States, amacala afana nakaSophia Rayne Cavaliero eTexas (2012) noma amawele kaMcDaniel eSouth Carolina (2021) abonisa ukuthi awukho umndeni ophephile kuleli phutha , kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lingakanani izinga lawo lemfundo noma lobungcweti.
ETexas, unina kaSophia, uKristie Reeves, wasungula iRay Ray's Pledge futhi waphumelela ekugqugquzeleni umthetho odinga izibhedlela ukuthi zifundise abazali abasha ngezingozi zokushiya ingane emotweni. Ngo-2012, uKristie waba ngumama wamawele futhi wasebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Android ukuze abaqaphe, wadala inethi yokuphepha ecishe ingangeni. Indaba yakhe ibonisa ukuthi ubuhlungu bungaguqulwa kanjani bube ukuvimbela.
I-Italy yiyona kuphela izwe eYurophu eliye lashaya umthetho ngalolu daba. Kusukela ngoNovemba 7, 2019, bekuphoqelekile ukusebenzisa amadivayisi okuvimbela ukushiywa kwezimoto ezihlalweni zezingane zezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emine ubudala. Lezi zinhlelo, ezivame ukuba yizinzwa zesisindo ezibekwa esihlalweni, zikhipha i-alamu ezwakalayo nebonakalayo lapho umshayeli esuka emotweni ingane ingaphakathi. Amamodeli athuthuke kakhulu athumela isaziso ocingweni lomuntu omdala futhi, uma kungekho mpendulo, axwayise abanye oxhumana nabo abalungiselelwe kusengaphambili. IPhalamende laseYurophu lincome ukukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwazo kodwa alikamisi imithetho evamile.
Abanye abakhiqizi bezimoto, njengeVolvo kanye neGeneral Motors, sebevele besebenzisa izinhlelo zokubona umuntu ohlala esihlalweni sangemuva, njengeRear Seat Reminder , exwayisa umshayeli uma injini icishiwe. Kodwa-ke, lezi zinhlelo zithembele kumuntu omdala obheka ideshibhodi, okuyinto engenzeki njalo. Yingakho ochwepheshe begcizelela isidingo sokuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe nemikhuba elula: ukushiya ifoni noma isikhwama sakho esihlalweni sangemuva, ukuvula njalo umnyango wangemuva ngaphambi kokuphuma emotweni, noma ukusungula inqubo yokubhalisa enkulisa noma esikoleni.
Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo u-Anaïs Perlot, unina kaCassius, usephenduke isishoshovu ngemuva kokushona kwendodana yakhe. Engxoxweni, uvumile ukuthi wayethukuthelele umyeni wakhe isikhathi eside, kodwa ekugcineni waqonda ukuthi kwakuyingozi. Manje unikezela impilo yakhe ekukhuliseni ulwazi phakathi kwabanye abazali: “Kubalulekile ukuthi bazi ukuthi kungenzeka kubo. Bengingakaze ngicabange into efana nale ngaphambi kokuba yenzeke kithi .” Ubufakazi bakhe, kanye nobeminye imindeni, bubonisa ukuthi ukwahlulela komphakathi akusizi ukuvimbela lezi zinhlekelele; imfundo nobuchwepheshe kuyasiza.
Ekugcineni, ukufa komntwana okhohliwe emotweni kungenye yezinhlekelele ezingavinjelwa futhi ezibhubhisa kakhulu. Amacala eSpain, e-Italy, nakwamanye amazwe abelana ngendlela efanayo: umuntu omdala onomthwalo wemfanelo, inqubo ephazamisekile, kanye nokulahlekelwa yinkumbulo okubulalayo. Isixazululo sisekuhlanganiseni ukuqwashisa umphakathi, ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlelo zokuphepha eziphoqelekile, kanye nokwamukelwa kwemikhuba eyenza kube nzima ukukhohlwa ingane ehlezi ngemuva. Ngoba, njengoba izibalo zibonisa, akekho ovikelekile kuleli phutha, futhi impilo yengane akufanele incike enkumbulweni yomuntu omdala.