DOSE: Direct On Scene Education™:
“Baby Safe Sleep Initiative”
Prepared by: Captain James Carroll And Jennifer Combs, MSN, ARNP Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward, Inc.
Objectives: Learners will be able to understand the problem of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
DOSE : Direct On Scene Education : Baby Safe Sleep Initiative Prepared by: Captain James Carroll And Jennifer Combs, MSN, ARNP Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward, Inc. Objectives: Learners will be able to
DOSE: Direct On Scene Education™:
“Baby Safe Sleep Initiative”
Prepared by: Captain James Carroll And Jennifer Combs, MSN, ARNP Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward, Inc.
Objectives:
problem of sleep related infant death.
safe sleep environment for an infant.
Direct On Scene Education™ program.
“Oh Baby, We Have a Problem!”
Just the Facts….
States, there are about 3,600 Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID). infants less than 1 year old and have no immediate obvious cause.
reported types of SUID are:
died of SIDS in 2016.
infants
strangulation in bed: 900 infants
SIDS vs. Accidental Sleep Related Deaths
What’s the difference?
SUID
sudden infant deaths are classified
ASSB (accidental suffocation, strangulation in bed)
two when educating the community
SUID Unexplained SIDS Undetermined Explained Accidental Suffocation & Strangulation in bed Known Diagnosis Positional Asphyxia Trauma Poisoning Drowning
What is SIDS?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden death of an infant younger than 1 year
thorough case investigation, including:
– Performance of a complete autopsy – Examination of the death scene – Review of the infant’s and family’s clinical histories
SIDS is NOT…
Maternal Risk Factors
Infant Risk Factors
Disparities
Native Americans
African Americans
SUID Risks Summary
hand smoke in the baby’s environment
Sleep Related Deaths
and Strangulation in Bed (ASSB)
– Suffocation – Wedging – Entrapment – Strangulation
Bumper Pads
from crib
corners
in Chicago and in the state of Maryland
Suffocation from Bed Sharing
Crib Wedging
Bed Wedging
Wedging
Entrapment
Positional Asphyxia
Positional Asphyxia
Dangerous Places to Sleep
Pillows
Twins
Risk Reduction/Safe Sleep Recommendations
1. Baby should sleep on the back for each and every sleep. 2. Baby should sleep alone in their own separate sleep space: crib, bassinet, pack-n-play. 3. No bed sharing with adults or other children. 4. Firm mattress with tight fitting crib sheet only. 5. No toys, pillows, loose bedding in the crib.
Risk Reduction/Safe Sleep Recommendations
no more than one extra layer of clothing than the adult is wearing.
How to Keep Baby Safe to Sleep: ABCs of Safe to Sleep
Direct On Scene Education™
Introduction
What is it? How does it work? Why does it work?
In the Beginning…
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How did this come to be?
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward
each year by HMHB of Broward in Broward County, Florida
working with first responders to address the issue
City of Fort Lauderdale
Population in 2016: 178,752 2.6 million visitors per year 34.77 square miles, 4,761 per square mile FD-12 Stations, 450 FF 60K calls a year
Safe Sleep Summit 2011
What can we do???
First Responders to the Rescue!
shocked by the number of deaths
Carroll and Jennifer Combs, MSN, ARNP in collaboration with Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward
“Baby Safe Sleep Initiative”
Broward
in the city of Fort Lauderdale in 2011
throughout the city and runs over 42,000 emergency calls a year.
the number of sleep related infant deaths occurring not
How It Works
Why It Works
things by nature
easily recognizable
community
homes
being done already
Components
health agencies
Success Stories!
When they technically have a crib…
Watch It Work
What We Have Accomplished
*FLFR Baby Sleep Deaths 2011: 7
*FLFR Baby Sleep Deaths 2012: 3 *FLFR Baby Sleep Deaths 2013: 3 *FLFR Baby Sleep Deaths 2014: 1 *FLFR Baby Sleep Deaths 2015: 2 *FLFR Baby Sleep Deaths 2016: 3
I was lucky, let’s be smart…
Questions? More Information?
Captain James Carroll Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue JCarroll.DOSE@gmail.com Jennifer Combs, MSN, ARNP nicurn13@att.net