MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATION ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

In 2001 the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC), in conjunction with the SIDS Alliance of Illinois, convened a special Task Force to address Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).  Under the leadership of Jean M. Silvestri, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Rush University and Director of Center for Disorders of Respiratory Control and Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at Rush University and Director of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, both at Rush Children’s Hospital in Chicago, the Task Force’s charge was to develop educational materials that could be used to educate both health care personnel and parents on SIDS reduction strategies.  The work of the Task Force was approved in 2002 for distribution by the MCHC Committee on Clinical, Administrative, Professional and Emergency Services. 

 It is important that hospital personnel are educated on and practice the correct standard related to SIDS risk reduction – that of Back to Sleep.  Nursing staff have the power to influence parental behavior at home – so it is vitally important that the SIDS materials are shared with everyone involved in direct patient care as well as others deemed appropriate at the hospital. 

 Click on any of the documents below to download. 

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ü      Slide Show - The Role of Health Care Provider in Reducing Infant Deaths  (73K) 

ü      Pre and post test to accompany the Slide Show (39K)

ü     Poster for health care professionals to accompany the Slide Show (520K)

ü     Poster for parents to accompany the Slide Show (English & Spanish)  (523K)

ü      Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource List (24K)

ü      Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Reference list (29K)

Hospital representatives may request the ANSWER KEY to the pre and post tests by sending an e-mail to loneill@mchc.com.  Please provide your name, title, hospital affiliation, and telephone number when submitting the request.