Infant respiratory distress syndrome

a routine Tuesday, Aaron bathed and fed his son, and played with him until the early afternoon. A little after 1pm Aaron decided to lay Christian down for a nap. He made his way upstairs and laid his infant son on his back in his crib. Approximately an hour later Aaron went to check on the infant. When he walked into the room he noticed that his son was face down in the middle of his crib. Initially when Aaron saw this, he wasn’t concerned because it was not unusual for Christian to roll…

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is defined as a child who has died in their sleep due to an unexplained circumstance. In the United States, the Safe to Sleep Campaign, formerly known as the Back to Sleep Campaign, was founded with the intention of bringing awareness to SIDS rates in the nation and offers preventative methods and suggestions. Some of these interventions include placing the infant on their backs while they sleep, removing objects from the sleeping area, parental avoidance…

It Beneficial or Does It Do More Harm Than Good? Co-sleeping, or young children or infants sharing the bed or room with a primary caregiver(s), has been deemed by the media as a possibly harmful habit yet it is heavily prevalent among families in the United States. In contrast, health-care providers commonly advise co-sleeping on the basis that it could have the ability to create ease of falling asleep for infants. In Western cultures, it is often difficult to see the idea of a “family bed” as…

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a sudden death that is unexplainable in infant children ranging from 1 month to 1 years old. A thorough investigation is conducted, including a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and a review of the clinical history. It is often called by its other name “Crib Death”, mainly because the child is found in their crib at the time of death, although there are cases where the deceased child is found in other places. SIDS is the leading cause of death in…

resources going into injury prevention. There is not much of a purpose in spending time and money vaccinating children if parents aren’t aware of simple things like needing to put their baby on their back to sleep, resulting in that baby dying of Sudden Infant Death…

Eidelman, breastfeeding helps reducing risk of SIDS by 36%. SIDS is also more likely in infants that were never breastfed. This study also concludes that at least 900 infant lives may be saved in the United States annual if the breastfeeding rate is 90%. Most of the world’s childhood deaths take place in developing countries and breastfeeding remains by far the most practical method that could save at least 1 million infant deaths annually. The research titled “Short-term effects of…

Consider the case of an infant who is healthy and has a loving family. Suppose that if all goes fine, he will have a comfortable life filled with pleasant experiences – a cheerful birthday party on his 1st birthday; a joyous high school graduation when he is 18 years of age; a…

The center for disease control states, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden death of an infant less than one year of age that cannot be explained after a thorough investigation is conducted that includes a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the third leading cause of infant mortality in the United States and the leading cause of death among infants aged one through twelve months. I am a…

Chapter 1 Article In this article, it mentions that the SIDS has declined, but there are still over 2,300 infants who die because of SIDS annually. The highest rates of SIDS deaths has come from the United States. A new research shows that over 1,400 SIDS deaths have come from infants who sleep in the parents’ bed. Bed sharing is bad for infants because the airflow around the baby is not enough. You can share bedrooms, but not the beds. Also, low oxygen levels and brain defects have also…

I have many cats, 6 of them to be exact, and I have always noticed a pecking order to them. I have always wanted to know the exact order they fall into. I have set up a Singer sewing machine box, it's a big rectangular box, max capacity in the box is two cats at the most, if they want to share. In this observation I will take 2 hours to watch them dominate this box and see who will take over the box entirely. This observation will help determine the top cat in my household. From oldest cat to…