Modeling Safe Sleep: An Effort to Reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths

Abstract

Each year, about 4,000 infants die unexpectedly during sleep time, from SIDS, accidental suffocation, or unknown causes. SIDS is the leading cause of death in infants between 1 month and 1 year of age (Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development). The aim of this quality improvement process is to improve safe sleep modeling in the Newborn Nursery and Neonatal Intensive Care Unite (NICU) by improving health provider and parent education, standardizing safety practice, and correcting incorrect modeling of sleep environments during inpatient admission. Secondary aim is reduction of the local rate of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) in a highly afflicted metropolitan community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2017
Accession Number
AD1040576

Entities

People

  • John D. Laskoski
  • Nicholas R. Carr
  • Zachary J. Weber

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Children
  • Communities
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Human Development
  • Pediatrics

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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