Back To Sleep Case Study

Purpose: To inform the audience about what sleep is and how it helps the body.

In 2011 AAP safe sleep recommendations has gone from 11 to 18 since 2005. As more and more newborns pass from SIDS, researchers are able to find more triggers that lead to the problem. All of these recommendations however are not just directed towards the parents but are also directed to the health care providers, media, manufactures, policy makers and researchers. These are then categorized into the strength of the evidence by assigning a level A, B or C; A being the strongest. The first four recommendations on the list are considered to be level A. These four are considered to be one of the most debated safe sleep topics yet. These include back-only sleep, safe crib, alone, and no soft or loose items in crib with the baby. Having the newborn sleep on their back was first published by the AAP back in 1992 and is still a very important step to preventing SIDS today. Even though they say the ideal situation is for the newborn to sleep close to parent’s bed, it is strongly recommended that the baby does not sleep in the same bed. It has been reported that the increase in death rates in 2005 was associated mainly with bed-sharing. The infant should be placed in their crib, by themselves, with absolutely nothing else to prevent chances of death. The four newest

Other modifiable risk factors that increase SIDS risks are those social determinants that contribute to preterm birth and low birth weight, such as alcohol and illicit drug use and abuse, along with poor prenatal care. Equally important, unsafe sleep practices, such as baby’s sleeping position, bed sharing practices and bedding materials have also been found to be significant risk factors. Therefore, due to the unknown cause of SIDS and associated risk factors, expectant mothers are strongly advised to follow the American Academy of Pediatrics, (AAP) ‘ABCs’ and ‘Back to Sleep’ campaign recommendations – which delineates infants must be placed alone, on their backs, and in the crib

Even though the cause of SIDS remain a mystery to health care providers and researchers, they are cognizant of measures that help decrease the danger of SIDS and other sleep-related SUID by encouraging following:

The frequency of cases delegated SIDS by the National Center for Health Statistics has fallen following 1980. From 1980 to 2010 the rate fell by 66%. The greater part of this reduction happened from 1990 to 2000, the decade taking after the US Back to Sleep crusade, with a diminishing of 57% ("Incidence,"2015). The Back to Sleep crusade, now about 10 years old, has extended its messages to address the points of SIDS and SIDS diminishment among certain ethnic gatherings. This extended exertion now incorporates the Back to Sleep African American effort, Back to Sleep materials in Spanish, and an inevitable effort venture in American Indian groups. By joining forces with national and group based associations that serve these gatherings of people, the Back to Sleep crusade can get the protected dozing message to numerous groups, to spare baby lives ("Research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS),"2015). While the decrease in SIDS is great thing throughout the 1980’s to the 2000’s there were some special cases where the medical examiner didn’t know how to classify the infant’s death, therefore it could’ve very well been SIDS it just wasn’t reported. In the mid 2000s the rates of SIDS began to level off. In any case, passing’s delegated ASSB (coincidental suffocation and strangulation in bedding) expanded ("Incidence," 2015). Late research

The major risk factor of SIDS is recognized to be prone sleeping. The Back-to-Sleep (BTS) campaign was brought on when research found that parents and caregivers were wrongly informed that their children were safer and at lower risk for SIDS if they were placed in the prone sleeping position. Around

The definition of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome otherwise known as “SIDS” on EBSCOhost is, “the sudden unexpected death of a younger child under the year of one year during sleep that cannot be explained.” Astonishingly, this fatality cannot be described after a postmortem assessment including an autopsy, a detailed history, and scene evaluation. This paper will thoroughly discus who is at risk for SIDS, how the disorder can be reduced, and the importance of educating future parents of SIDS.

Discuss elements of assessment in the evaluation of patients with potential sleep-wake disorders. Include scales, instruments, lab work, other studies as well as components of psychiatric evaluation

The problem/purpose of this article is clearly and concisely stated, they discuss how prone sleeping is a major risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and how some of the associated factors may be signs of cerebral hypoxia. The researchers wants to know whether sleep positions, such as supine or prone actually has an effect on cerebral oxygenation during infancy. The researchers believe that this is an important area for research because lack of oxygenation could be a contributing factor to sudden infant death syndrome. Although there has been a decline of SIDS throughout the years it remains the leading cause of death among infants from one month to one year old.

The skirmish between traditional aristocracies and new democracies in Sicily was damaging to the Sicilian people, particularly people who were from conservative family backgrounds. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa portrays the battle of old vs. new through following the life of an old Sicilian aristocrat, Don Fabrizio, commonly known as The Prince. Giuseppe uses The Prince to highlight the outmoded side of Sicily and the struggle to deal with the Risorgimento (Italian unification). Although many people during this time were accepting change, The Prince tried to ignore the change which is portrayed through the motif of sleep.

In years to come, a standardized educational video distributed to hospitals throughout the United States on safe sleep environments could further reduce the number of SIDS cases and premature infant demise due to the increased level of parental and healthcare education on best sleep practices for newborns.

Hauck and Tanabe (2010) found that of fifteen developed countries that monitor sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ASSB), the United States is currently ranked last (as cited in Hitchcock, 2012). Evidently, infant mortality caused by unsafe sleeping conditions continues to be a problem in the United States. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP, 2011), in 1994, the “Back to Sleep” campaign caused a decrease in SIDS deaths by 53%. However, since 2001, the occurrence of SIDS has not decreased any further (Hitchcock, 2012). A study done by Xu, Kochanek, Murphy and Tejada-Vera also found that ASSB accounts for approximately 400 infant

The way you described your physiological limitation (p.114) was very understandable to me. Equally was your example of your personal struggle with sleep was such a good way to explain how influences perception (pg.113) affected you. Being so tired is not only does not let us retain the information we wish to but can cause illnesses and affect personal relationships. Sometimes I get very little sleep and then I notice how tired I become on my days off from work. I think that health and fatigue (pg.114) have such a major impact on our daily lives. Thank you for sharing your story.

I believe the main reason why patient RS has impairments in his past memories and can only hold on a few significant ones are due his insomnia in the past. Due to his lack of sleep, he has problem consolidating his memory. Memories are strengthened and consolidated during sleep in the first stage. Then, during the second stage, declarative memories are integrated and assimilated into memory networks (Stickgold and Walter 2005). Furthermore, the first stage is preferably the SWS sleep while the second stage is preferably the REM stage (2005). I suspect that RS might used to have more declarative memories and semantic memories from his childhood, college days and early married life. However, since his failure to consolidate his memories, his

I believe that lack of knowledge about this sudden death in babies also affects how the death rate is really high in the country. “SIDS, in which an infant dies during sleep from an undetermined cause, can be a huge source of anxiety for new parents — and rightly so. Even after Back to Sleep efforts helped cut the SIDS rate by more than half from 1994 to today, it is still the leading cause of death among U.S. infants aged 1 month to 1 year, with 2,300 cases annually”. This line from the washington post enables one to understand how even though the was some strategies that was used to prevent Sudden Infant Death like the back-sleep, the death of babies in the country is still high to me. about 2,300 cases annually is really high for a developed country like United States of America. This also shows that this disease might not have a cure for this disease and this is really bad and as time goes on, if there is no prevention for this, the rate in the next few years will