article_snippet: According to Kidsafe Victoria: .
article_snippet: The smaller the child or animal, the greater the risk.
article_snippet: A young child will quickly dehydrate, lapse into unconsciousness and may never fully recover.
article_snippet: In February a 22-month-old boy died when a 22-month-old boy was left inside Ambulance Victoria.
article_snippet: Ambulance Victoria would not comment on the case, but had issued repeated warnings against leaving children in cars.
article_snippet: In the first five weeks of 2015 paramedics were called to 200 cases of children overheating in cars.
article_snippet: Advanced life support paramedic Ben Dalton said two children have died in the last few years after being left in hot cars in Victoria and says it's frustrating the message isn't getting through. '
article_snippet: Children can't regulate Children body temperature like adults can, which puts Children at significant risk,' Advanced life support paramedic Ben Dalton told Daily Mail Australia. '
article_snippet: It's never okay to leave a child locked in a car, even for a minute or two.'
article_snippet: The Victorian state government said The Victorian state government will increase penalties for leaving children in hot cars, with fines up to $3700 and jail time increased from three months to six months.
article_snippet: There are no government funded ads to explain what actually happens when children and pets are left in hot cars.
article_snippet: It’s tragic when children die in the back of cars.