Citation

Cullen D, Oberle M, Elomba CD, Stiffler D, Luna G. J. Forensic Nurs. 2016; 12(3): 141-146.

Affiliation

Author Affiliations:1Science of Nursing Care Department, Indiana University School of Nursing; 2Indiana University School of Nursing; and 3Center of Excellence in Education, Northern Arizona University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1097/JFN.0000000000000120

PMID

27496648

Abstract

Case illustrations from central Indiana provide the narrative for infant suffocations because of unsafe sleep environments. Accidental strangulation or suffocation in bed is caused by co-bedding, blankets and pillows in cribs, or wedging and entrapment. Knowledge of the evidence-based risks associated with case data may assist further in the prevention of unexpected infant sleep deaths and may better inform best practice for death scene investigation including forensic nurses.

Language: en