SIDS :Health, Safety, and Nutrition

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Course Description: (1 hour credit) When You’ve Completed This Self-Study You Should Be Able To: Define SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome); Recognize environmental factors that may put an infant at increased risk for SIDS; Explain ways to lower SIDS risk; Have strategies in place that will help you keep current with research findings about the prevention of SIDS.

Course Content

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

  • SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
  • As You Begin
  • When You’ve Completed This Self-Study You Should Be Able To:
  • What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
  • What is SIDS?
  • SIDS FACTS
  • Research Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • When a Fan is Blowing, Baby Is Safer
  • SIDS Risk Factors
  • SIDS Risk Factors:
  • SIDS and Child Care
  • Why Child Care Providers use Tummy Sleeping
  • Tips for Reducing the Risk of SIDS
  • Tips for Reducing the Risk of SIDS
  • Tips for Reducing the Risk of SIDS:
  • Be Prepared
  • SIDS
  • REDUCING THE RISK OF SIDS IN CHILD CARE
  • What Is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
  • Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep Campaign
  • SIDS in Child Care
  • SIDS in Child Care
  • SIDS in Child Care
  • Unaccustomed Tummy Sleeping
  • Goal
  • SIDS Facts
  • SIDS Facts
  • Modifying SIDS Risks
  • SIDS Rate and Sleep Position
  • Babies at Risk for SIDS
  • Why Don’t People Put Babies to Sleep on Their Backs?
  • Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards—2002
  • Implementing SIDS Risk Reduction
  • Tummy to Play and Back to Sleep
  • Safe Sleep Practices
  • Bed Sharing or Co-sleeping
  • Safe Sleep Environment
  • Baby in a Safe Crib
  • Benefits of a Safe Sleep Policy
  • Elements of a Safe Sleep Policy
  • Elements of a Safe Sleep Policy
  • Alternate Sleep Position
  • Legal Considerations
  • Handling Parents’ Concerns
  • What We Need to Do
  • Handling a Medical Emergency
  • First Aid—Unresponsive Infant
  • Caring for Our Children National Standards
  • What to Expect
  • What to Expect
  • Licensing Requirements
  • Partners and Resources
  • Partners and Resources
  • First Candle/SIDS Alliance
  • Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep Campaign
  • Summary
  • Resources
  • Creating a Safe Sleep Environment
  • Safe Sleep Environment
  • Best Preparation
  • Controversial Issues: A Reflection Activity
  • Resources and References

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Quiz

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