Invited by the City of Sunnyvale to inform and educate the mothers and families of their city about SUDI, SIDS, and Safe Sleep Practices.

1. SUDI, SIDS, AND SAFE SLEEP
Shiva Dhiman
Student Intern, MCAH program, SCC Public Health
Department

2. SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH OF AN INFANT(SUDI)
DEFINITION
 sudden and unexpected death of an infant due to natural or unnatural
causes where the cause of death is not immediately evident.
 Includes accidental suffocation, strangulation, entrapment, infections,
trauma, and SIDS
 Also can be referred to as “SUID” or “Sudden Unexpected Infant Death”

3. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS)
DEFINITION
 Death that cannot be explained after a thorough case investigation. The
investigation includes a scene investigation, autopsy, and review of the
clinical history.
 “Diagnosis of exclusion”

4. SIDS
Suffocation
Infections
Trauma
Entrapment
Strangulation
SUDI

5. SUDI
SIDS
Suffocation
Infections
Trauma
Entrapment
Strangulation

6. SIDS STATISTICS
 SIDS is the most common cause of death for infants between 1 and 12
months of age
 Santa Clara County has done a phenomenal job combating SIDS
 Most of infant deaths have resulted from unsafe sleep environments
 42 infant deaths occurred from 2013 to October 2017
 Annual rate of 11 to 12 deaths per year in our county
 Occur across all cultures, ethnic groups, and financial backgrounds
 Not gender specific

7. WHAT IS “SAFE SLEEP” ?
 Safe Sleep is the term given to actions a family can take in order to
decrease the risk of SUDI for its baby.

8. SAFE SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Always place your baby on his/her back when putting him/her to
sleep
2. Use a firm sleeping surface, an example is a mattress in a safety
approved crib covered by a fitted sheet
3. Remove all soft objects, crib bumpers, toys, and loose bedding from
your baby’s sleeping area
4. Keep the room that your baby is sleeping in at a temperature that is
comfortable for you.

9. no pillows, blankets,
crib bumpers, toys, and
lose bedding in his
sleeping area
The baby is on
his back
baby is in sleep clothing,
such as this one piece
sleeper.
firm surface in a safety
approved crib covered
by a fitted sheet
baby has his own sleeping
area. Bed sharing is not
recommended.
nothing is covering the
baby’s head

10. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
 Do not smoke or let any other person smoke around your baby
 Avoid putting your baby to sleep on chairs, sofas, cushions, and
waterbeds
 Sleeping with baby on sofa / chair is the leading cause of suffocation
 “Room share” but do not “bed share”
 Room sharing is when your baby has his or her own sleeping area inside
the room you are sleeping in
 Bed sharing is when the baby is sleeping on the same surface as you… THIS
IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

12. WHICH CRIB IS PRACTICING “SAFE SLEEP”?

13. QUESTIONS?

14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!