SIDS - Sudden Infant Death Services of Ilinois

To Hold or Not To Hold: Creating Guidelines for Management of Unexplained Child Death-Bereaved parents, grandparents, step-parents and guardians of sudden and unexpected infant and childhood deaths are invited to participate in this online survey that takes about 20 minutes.

Participants will share their experience of the process that followed the death of their infant or child. This study has been approved by the IRB of Hackensack University Medical Center of Hackensack, NJ and is part of a collaboration with NAME, IACM&E, ABMDI, SUDC and the CJ Foundation to create guidelines into the management of sudden infant/child death that balance the emotional needs of families and satisfy the needs of a comprehensive investigation. Surveys for medicolegal death professionals and Hospitals will also aid in the creation of these guidelines.

The survey can be accessed here.

Sudden Infant Death Services of Illinois, Inc. is a statewide not-for-profit organization dedicated to:

Support family members and others who have been touched by the tragedy of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or other infant deaths,

Educating both the public and professionals about bereavement services and methods to reduce infant mortality,

Creating community awareness on the subject of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other infant deaths, and

Eliminating SIDS and other infant deaths through the support and implementation of appropriate research.

We have more information on Safe Sleep for infants
or to refer a family, please call 1-800-432-SIDS (7437).

In the belief that every baby should live..

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