Keywords

accidental suffocation, infant mortality, safe sleep, SIDS, sudden unexpected infant death

 

Authors

  1. Cullen, Deborah EdD, RCP
  2. Oberle, Morgan BSN
  3. Elomba, Charles D. BSN
  4. Stiffler, Deborah PhD, RN, CNM
  5. Luna, Gaye EdD

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Case illustrations from central Indiana provide the narrative for infant suffocations because of unsafe sleep environments. Accidental strangulation or suffocation in bed is caused by co-bedding, blankets and pillows in cribs, or wedging and entrapment. Knowledge of the evidence-based risks associated with case data may assist further in the prevention of unexpected infant sleep deaths and may better inform best practice for death scene investigation including forensic nurses.