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'My son died of asphyxiation in a car seat': what all parents need to know

The center for child care did not know an important rule about sleeping children in a car seat until their pupil died, writes ABC News.

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Rachel and her husband Ryan Jungling went to work. Their children were 11 months old. The son and daughter became a gift for a couple from North Dakota who had been struggling with infertility for seven years.

“When we found out we were having twins, other parents of twins told us, ‘This is cool! You'll have a lot of fun." And they were right,” says Ryan.

“The children were inseparable. When they went to bed, they looked at each other and babbled until they fell asleep. If Linnaeus left the room, Anders began to behave uneasily. He really loved companionship and preferred to always be with his sister, ”he said.

On January 10, Rachel, who was a teacher at the time, brought Anders and Linnaeus to her kindergarten in her car in car seats. Linnaeus did not sleep. Anders began to doze.

She took both children in their car seats and brought them to kindergarten.

Every day, the couple informed the child care provider how they slept last night, what they ate.

Car seat

This time, Linnaeus got out of her car seat, but Anders was still sitting in it when his mother went out the door.

"Anders looked at Rachel and she said, 'Bye, buddy.' He seemed to smile, and the wife left - assuming that the child was going to be taken from the car seat,” the husband says.

Around 10 in the morning, Rachel called the police to work and said that Anders was hospitalized. When Ryan arrived at the hospital, he was met by two detectives. It turned out that Anders stayed awake in his car seat for two hours. It turns out that the child care center did not know about the risks associated with sleeping a child in a car seat.

Anders was given CPR before the arrival of health workers, for 40 minutes. After 30 minutes in the emergency room, Anders was flown from Bismarck to a hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.

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Three days later, January 12 at 5: 45 evenings Anders died. The investigation established that this was due to asphyxiation in the car seat. Due to the lowered head and chin, the airways were blocked.

Following the loss of Anders, the couple's friend connected them with Karma Hanson, coordinator of the Safe Kids Worldwide branch in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The organization’s mission is to help prevent unintentional injuries or death of children.

In July, Ryan and Rachel took part in the 2019 Year's Convention on Preventing Child Injuries Worldwide, Child Safety. There, they shared their story with other parents who lost their children as a result of tragic events.

Ryan and Rachel now have their own mission - to disseminate information about positional asphyxia and the general rules for safe sleep for children.

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According to the CDC, in the 2017 year in the USA there were 3600 unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) under the age of 1. Of these deaths, 1400 occurred due to sudden infant death syndrome, about 1300 due to unknown reasons, and about 900 due to accidental strangulation (e.g., positional asphyxiation) and strangulation in bed.

Fatalities can also occur in car seats due to suffocation from fastened or partially fastened belts.

Here are safe sleep methods to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and how to prevent positional asphyxiation in car seats:

1) Do not use a car seat as an alternative to a crib or cot.

2) Children who fall asleep in the car safety seat while traveling in a car should stay in it only until the end of the trip.

3) After the arrival of children who are still sleeping, it is necessary to get out of the car seat and put in a crib or cradle.

4) Avoid soft bedding, pillows, crib bumpers or stuffed animals inside the crib.

5) If you feel drowsy or tired, place your child on a hard surface to avoid injury or death.

6) Do not sleep with your baby until he is one year old, at least for the first six months.

7) Avoid overheating.

8) Follow the recommendations of the car seat manufacturer and make sure that the device is installed in the car at an angle of 45 degrees.

9) Do not install car seats on elevated or soft surfaces, such as a bed, mattress or sofa.

10) Make sure that the shoulder and car seat belts are tight and the chest clip is fastened at armpit level.

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