How to Create a Safe Sleep Environment

In this training, find out what you can do to reduce a baby’s risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death and discover what you as a caregiver can do to help raise awareness of this important issue.  

Fast Facts (http://www.cdc.gov/sids/data.htm)  

Each year in the United States, there are about 3,500 Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths(http://www.cdc.gov/sids/aboutsuidandsids.htm) (SUID).  These deaths occur among infants less than 1 year old and have no immediately obvious cause. The three commonly reported types of SUID are:  

• SIDS. About 1,500 infants died of SIDS in 2013. 

• Unknown cause. 

• Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed.