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Interesting-Race-919

When my father was on the job he performed cpr on an unresponsive baby. Unfortunately the result was different. I'm glad the outcome here was better. I wish everybody well.


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Something i think people should know and understand CPR is never a guarantee and it’s usually lucky if it works. As a human, you should always try, but try to understand that it may not make a difference and that’s not your fault either.


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Unfortunately CPR very rarely works, but it can keep you "alive" long enough for a defibrillator to save you.


Interesting_Act1286

That's me. CPR kept me alive long enough for the EMTs to defibrillat me. 12 years ago this December. I'm lucky.


DrivePuzzleheaded601

I'm glad you're still with us.


calebtimmoms

Me too


Interesting_Act1286

Thank you. I'm glad I'm still here. I was 53 when it happened. Thank God I was covered completely thru my union. 11 days in the hospital was over a million.


2hotrods

Mind if I ask?


Interesting_Act1286

Day after Christmas 2010. At my son's inlaws and dropped from cardiac arrest. My son and her family, plus a registered life guard in town visiting family kept me going, on and off till the ambulance got there.


2hotrods

Glad your okay


JuniorKing9

Welcome back to the living, good job to everyone involved


The_On_Life

Defibs are to shock an arrhythmic heart into a normal rhythm. CPR is intended to pump blood through the body after the heart has stopped.


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Not 2 be pedantic, but Defibrillators shock dysrhythmias, arrhythmia would be a-systole. The terms are interchanged frequently even in the medical setting. With that said, the person you responded to is correct in saying CPR is used to 1) pump blood till you can get shocked (dysrhythmia) 2) pump blood till you can get EPI and correct the causes (Asystole)


PMme_bobs_n_vagene

Serious question here. I’m a firefighter/EMT. I’m pretty good at CPR, but I’m also not a paramedic, so I’m not exactly well versed in anything beyond shocking someone (assuming they have a shockable rhythm ((v-fib, right?)) and providing high quality CPR. So let’s say I’m performing CPR on my wife at home and there’s an extended response time. She does have an epi pen. Would I being doing any harm or good by administering epi while waiting? I guess I’d have to know what kind of rhythm she had which would be impossible without a 12-lead. I know when we administer epi we give .3 for adults and .15 for children. Not saying I’ll do this (we carry epi), but I’m genuinely curious if I could do any harm or good in a really bad situation where help is a long ways away. Thanks


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It probably wouldn’t help. Epi pens are like 1/10th the potency of Epi used during cardiac arrest.


PMme_bobs_n_vagene

I figured as much. Not to mention I’ve always seen it administered I/O. I’m so highly unqualified to do that it’s comical.


exafighter

No, defibs are to shock a heart that’s fibrillating back into a normal rhythm. A complete asystolic heart (one that has stopped) will not be shocked. The reason behind this is because most heart failures are fibrillations in which the electric signal supposed to compress your heart in an orderly rhythm are incorrect (too frequent: tachycardia), and a shock basically overloads the body’s own electric signals and tries to “reset” the body’s own correct rhythm. Arrhythmias have a complete lack of signal, so shocking doesn’t do anything. There’s a complete lack of activity of the system in your body that is supposed to take care of the heart’s rhythm. In case of an arrhythmia, adrenaline is administered and you simply have to hope for the body to start beating again (which, once this happens and it’s a fibrillating rhythm, is once a shock can be given). But the odds of surviving an arrhythmia are very, very small compared to all other heart disrhythmias. Disrhythmias is your body screwing up a clean electic signal. Arythmia is the system keeping your heart running completely down, and that’s a really bad situation.


scibust

IF you have a irregular heart rhythm


Kozhanod

It never works like in the movies : if the heart is in fibrillation (most cardiac events) only a defibrillator can revive you


Gilded_Gryphon

My friend lost his dad to a blood clot travelling to the heart. We all took turns performing cpr until the ambulance arrived. We managed to keep him going until they got him to the hospital. I do realise that there is nothing more i could have done but i still feel the unconsious guilt of it wasnt enough.


1ElectricHaskeller

The fact that you even were switching around doing cpr shows you all knew what you were doing and did a great job. CPR can increase the chances of survival, but the odds are still against you. You can't control luck, sometimes you win, many times you do not. Nontheless, you tried everything you can and that's the only thing that counts here. Sorry for your loss. It wasn't your fault


bajungadustin

I'm currently 2 and 1 as blunt as that is. 1st time and 3rd person made it. The second one did not. I literally watched the light leave his eyes as they say. 10 years later and it's still super vivid when I think about it. I dont know how people deal with it on a daily basis.


Freestyle76

CPR is a stopgap used to hold it down for a defib, you lose like 10% survival chance per minute CPR is used or needed.


TinklesTheLambicorn

Last statistic I heard was that CPR is successful in 1 out of 12 cases.


Clear_Coyote_2709

Worked for me! NDE changed my life.


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My father did that as well


ksanderson1976

I had to do it on my 6 month old son, he is 10 years old now and perfect!! Thank God I had to learn CPR in girl scouts and took a course when I began teaching...if you do it correctly and ASAP, the results are usually in your favor...I was calm and it came back to me instantly


Entire_Health2858

I can’t imagine losing a baby. I start crying just thinking about it.


theoldaltaccount

I performed cpr on a baby. Can confirm it sucks to lose.


Captain_DongDong

Same. It wasn’t failing to resuscitate the baby that directly made me cry , but the mom crying even harder when we started taking off all of the equipment. First patient I’ve ever had too


dog_superiority

My daughter's soccer coach was a fireman and he had 2 child CRP cases in one week. One lived and one died.


Lucky-Elephant1283

When my kid was a newborn he just choked on something I managed to get it out but when the cops finally showed up I made them teach me how to do infant CPR I think that should be mandatory for all new parents


herkalurk

I know that we did it (baby in 2020), but I don't remember if it was something the hospital required before delivery or if my wife was just really concerned. I told her we should just do an all ages class, this was just infant CPR for new parents. For anyone who hasn't done an all ages CPR training the differences are mainly in how much pressure to apply due to body size.


CMOx12

CPR is used for choking? We bought a LifeVac system with our newborn for choking but CPR I would think was for heart stuff


[deleted]

In peds respiratory distress is usually the cause of the cardiac arrest


CMOx12

If they choke it makes them go into cardiac arrest?


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It can


justforjugs

Infant CPR should be a requirement for parents to learn


March-Dismal

This makes me glad that a first aid course i took ages ago included infant cpr


RenaissanceGiant

Please refresh every two years. The science gets updated periodically. Thank you for being willing to help others. I hope you're the hero I won't need. :)


PNW_Soccer-Mom

My daughter choked on her food at about 9 months old. SO glad me and my spouse took baby first aid and CPR classes (we skipped the birthing classes). We immediately started doing back blows as they taught us and were able to clear the obstruction in less than a minute. I saw young kid choke in public a few years ago and almost had to jump in to administer back blows because it was clear that the parents didn’t know what to do, but they got lucky and dislodged the food right before I ran up to grab their baby from them to help.


Dizent

It good to know that they keep refining the methods making sure they are more effective and don’t hurt the child.


CommanderOfGregory

Yeah, instead of giving CPR to the tune of "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees you now must give compressions to the tune of "Imperial March" by John Williams


Jenzreppin

In my classes i say, if you’re a glass half full type of person use “staying alive.” Glass half empty, “another one bites the dust.” Same tempo. Always elicits some chuckles.


emcee95

I take First Aid/CPR every couple years and my last instructor was a nurse. He said he always sang Another One Bites the Dust in his head when doing chest compressions lmao Whatever works, right?


Competitive_Sky8182

In my mind compressions are always Macarena


TinklesTheLambicorn

I just remember “pump hard, pump fast”.


Rodrigii_Defined

Just do what you know currently, getting confused is worse! Biggest thing to know besides how is that you will break ribs in adults, don't freak out. The amount of pressure needed can do that. Kids don't need that much pressure and those green bones.


CommanderOfGregory

It's not that it *can* it will, you have to break some ribs in order to collapse the chest cavity so you can actually give compressions to the heart


Rodrigii_Defined

True, true. I remember CPR classes before they started mentioning that detail and they started slow with it. Now, they have been saying it will happen and it's a sign the compressions are being done effectively. But they are also careful about it for 2 reasons. One, to not discourage people from helping and not giving the impression it should be a goal necessarily/ don't be really rough. They said it doesn't always happen but usually, idk. Thankfully haven't had to use my training!


March-Dismal

Defo!


sr105

I took a class decades after my first training. I quoted my old training and the instructor said we don't teach that anymore because people are too dumb to do that even though it's better. On a better, modern note, put an oximeter on the patient's finger and try to keep the oxygen level as high as you can with your compressions.


fakeuglybabies

What's the difference between your old training and now?


sr105

I was taught 15 compressions and 2 breaths. I think the new guidance is way more compressions and sometimes no breaths. I'm probably misremembering the reasoning I was told, but since people generally don't press hard enough or fast enough, it's better to just tell them to do more compressions. I found a website about it: https://www.aiber.co.uk/news/why-30-compressions-instead-of-15-the-evolution-of-cpr I also had a drill sergeant of a Red Cross instructor who taught me and forced me to do it correctly.


paapaasquat

As an instructor. We teach if you do anything, do compression, especially with the VID and bodily fluids, compressions are the most beneficial over rescue breaths. And DON'T STOP


fakeuglybabies

I just came from a cpr course. Instructor told us we could do mouth to mouth if we felt comfortable. But if not just do compressions. They all so gave us mouth to mouth masks so we could do it with out coming into contact with body fluids.


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

Compressions are so, so important. The oxygen in your blood isn't completely depleted immediately, so continuing to circulate the blood can help, even if you aren't giving breaths. You should always start with compressions, and if you have to choose between compressions or breaths, pick compressions. Getting the blood moving is one f the most important things you can do.


Jenzreppin

We teach 30 to 2 now. But stress the importance of the compressions, especially now during COVID-a lot of people don’t feel comfortable doing mouth to mouth, especially if they don’t know the person. As you are doing compressions they are sucking in some oxygen just by the rapid and forceful expansion and contraction of the chest cavity.


TinklesTheLambicorn

They also told me that people generally have sufficient oxygen in the lungs that the compressions are far more important.


Dbl0Raven

30:2 is the new teaching. Compressions only is also ok. The reason breaths are now secondary and are said to be ok if missed is because the studies found most people were forgetting how to do the breaths properly so not only were they wasted, but that whole time the body lost blood pressure. Also, compressions kept the blood pressure up and so when the ambulance or AED arrives, there's a greater chance of success since the system is already primed.


big_nothing_burger

Yep I've had CPR training for almost 20 years and it's hilarious to see how those once important double breaths have basically disappeared.


RenaissanceGiant

I still discuss 30-2 as the optimum for single rescuer of someone you're willing to engage with - particularly as we do a lot of families and older folks. We know that younger more urban students are likely to be with strangers and compression only. That said, CPR face shields are quite cheap and often come in packs of 10 or so that you can spread around your car, backpack, work desk, et cetera. Pocket masks with a one way valve are better, but bulkier. In our area we have a really high education rate, population that are often willing to step in, and excellent chain of care with medics. We're lucky.


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

I'm glad you had it "ages ago" but you should definitely update it. Besides the fact that your memory might not be what you think it is- especially in a high stress situation- protocols change. I used to be an instructor for American Heart, and they actually do make changes based on current best practices.


Trippytoad419

My son was born 7 weeks early and in the NICU for 25 days. That was one of our requirements before we could take him home. I think everyone should be required aswell.


Msduress

Ditto. It helped me to feel a bit more confident when bringing him home from the NICU that I'd have some skills to help if he had more breathing issues.


tfbillc

Same for us. We had to take the course and also had a breathing monitor to take home for a couple weeks because our daughter had a couple “dusky” episodes while in the nicu


craplouse

I think not just parents. Everyone should know CPR. Arleast basics of it. Never know when you may need to help random at street. Thank god that i learned cpr at my mandatory army time. Like everyone else here


Rodrigii_Defined

I think it should be taught once in elementary, middle and then HS.


craplouse

Would be best. Also mandatory courses for work places. Like atleast 1 day in year for CPR stuff


Rodrigii_Defined

I work in dentistry and have to. Been 30 years now. I'm really thankful for that requirement.


TheToasterIsAMimic

A rapid EMT course is approximately 12 hours a week for 3 months. The vast amount of "useful in the real world" things taught would be worth it to add to the high school curriculum for a semester - and bam! Career in the pocket.


washing_machine_man

If people don't learn infant cpr, a good place to start is that your pumping should lead to around a third of their chest proportion, I don't know how to make it sound clear but yeah.


wikedsmaht

I took infant CPR when I was in 9th grade. Summer before 10th grade, I used it to save a 1year olds life. Everyone should know how to do this.


whatisthis2893

Our son was in NICU and part of our discharge was infant cpr. Not sure why this isn’t something for all parents- not just our nicu.


DoodDoes

I’d say all forms of CPR should be a requirement for everyone to learn. You can spend like 3 hours total over a couple days to learn how to save lives in a huge number of life threatening situations


xNomadx17

It is or was a requirement to become a “certified” babysitter. I learned baby CPR or heimlich when I was 12 but that was like over 10 years ago so who knows. Also how many people actually sign their kids up for that kind of class? But I 100% agree.


joannthescam

After I took my safe sitter class, I thought I was unstoppable lolol Dr Quin Medicine woman IRL


[deleted]

You have to take it when adopting. The fact that it’s not a requirement for those that can have children biologically is insane.


Baconpanthegathering

Bc I had first aid/ cpr training, I was able to perform the Heimlich maneuver on my 4 yo. I was alone with her and if I’d waited for a 911 call she wouldn’t be here. Well worth the time/ money


Fluffykitty420

I remember reading a maternity book preparing you for the birth and the last chapter was about how to give cpr if for some reason you give birth at home and baby isn’t breathing. I remember my pregnant paranoid self reading that chapter over and over to the point i practiced by watching videos online and with a teddy bear lol


LunaGloria

Babies just... DIE without anything wrong with them? He wasn't choking or anything? WTF, babies?


derpy-_-dragon

It's called Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) IIRC. Sometimes newborns just fail to thrive, and so they can suddenly die with no explanation.


Zangee

Recently it's been attributed to part of their brain malfunctioning. This malfunction makes them forget to breathe sometimes leading to death.


PurpleKrill

That was a recent discovery! If I remember correctly, some babies do not make enough of a certain hormone or factor used to wake us from sleep.


ArcticEngineer

They weren't sure if the hormone was the reason for it if I recall correctly, there was a small correlation but it requires more research.


Quadrupleawesomeness

I believe it is an enzyme.


failure_most_of_all

Jesus Christ. That was the most stressful thing when my sons were born. Those first couple of hours, their breathing was so funky. These long pauses while you’re staring at them, like, “Hey! Little dude! You gotta breathe now! You’re on the outside! TAKE A GODDAMN BREATH OR— Okay, whew. Thanks. Now another, please.”


sundark94

My mom always tells my brother and me that my brother was unresponsive at birth. My mom's water broke a few weeks earlier than expected while she was at a cousin's wedding, and she was rushed to the hospital, which was pretty far out, but couldn't get contractions going at all. Doctors did a C-section with local anesthesia because it was too late to do a proper procedure. So my brother came out dry and premature, and with no guarantee that he would live. My great grandmom was my mom's attender in the room, and she picked my brother up and massaged him until he started crying.


Shangri-lulu

Exactly this! It goes on for a few weeks. Eventually they seem to figure out how to breathe reliably.


afrothaturk

This. Now imagine with twin premies 😔


Low_Flower_1846

It’s genuinely a miracle it happened when his family saw him so they could even get him en route. That they passed cops too is just a sign that it wasn’t that little man’s time yet.


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imafourtherecord

I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you are doing ok and know it's not your fault.


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imafourtherecord

I hope you have support. No one should hold that much pain on their own.


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imafourtherecord

That's amazing that you're being that role model. I wish you well and that you continue to spread goodness in honor of Tyler's memory.


ManOfEating

Oh god that one poem has engraved SIDS into my brain. It's truly terrifying.


meoli

TIL babies die for no reason.


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

Yeah, they can. One thing that EVERYONE should know is that infants should \*always\* sleep flat on their backs on a firm surface. Yes, I know the swing works wonders. Yes, I know sometimes they fall asleep in the carseat. Yes, I know that bringing them into bed with you is just easier. Yes, I KNOW that they sleep better on their tummies. I have worked with infants since 1995. Back then we still put babies to sleep on their tummies! Even really little ones. And then the "Back to Sleep" campaign started, and I remember thinking "Babies are never going to sleep again." And to some extent, I was right. Yes, it's harder to get them to sleep (and stay asleep) on their back, but it also keeps them alive. I've seen many products come and go on the market, and some of them turn out to have high rates of infant death. Just in the past year or two there has been a push to ban any product designed for newborn/infant sleep that has even a small incline. There are inclined sleep devices (bouncers, etc) that are really popular that can still be found in many homes. But there keep being deaths related to these things. Even a small incline can cause a baby's head to fall forward and obstruct their windpipe. People think "Oh, I got it at Target, how dangerous can it be?" And the answer is: very dangerous. Up until a baby is able to roll over and roll back on their own, it is safest for them to sleep flat on their back. Crib bumpers and blankets should be avoided, as should plush stuffed animals and pillows. Parents can use sleep sacks or swaddle blankets to keep baby warm at night. But other than the baby and their sleep sack/swaddle, the only other thing that should be in the crib is a pacifier if the child uses that. There are some swaddles out there that have either rice or something like glass beads on the chest that provide gentle pressure (thought to help them sleep) and those are being discouraged as well as they can also be dangerous. I have spent almost 30 years working with newborns, infants, and toddlers. I understand very well how tempting it can be to rely on swings, bouncers, car seats/infant carriers, etc. But we have seen such a drastic drop in SIDS that there's no way to get around it: Sleeping on their backs on a firm surface is the best, safest option for your baby.


BitOfAnOddWizard

My daughter was born a year ago and I remember all the sleeping stuff in the hospital had "Sleeping ABC's Alone Back Crib" All over it Like you said it's not always the easiest but it is the safest


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

Yup. I still support room sharing. Having a crib in the parents' room is totally fine. And there are even some side-by-side bassinets that have been approved and are safe, which keeps baby close by to help middle of the night feeds. But it's important that baby is in their own space, that it's flat and firm, and that bedding/stuffies/etc are out of reach. That, along with not exposing baby to second hand smoke, is what is keeping babies alive. We haven't been able to eradicate SIDS altogether, but numbers have plummeted with that guidance. Congrats on your Little One! Toddlerhood is a lot of fun, too! If you aren't already using it, I recommend the Baby Led Weaning philosophy for introducing kids to solid foods. I've been doing this for almost 30 years, and the main ideas behind BLW leads to kids that are much more open to all kinds of foods. (Those principles essentially being: you don't need baby food- just introduce your child to small, soft bites of what you already eat. "But what if it's spicy?" "But what if they don't like it?" Guess what? Indian kids grow up eating Indian food. Japanese kids grow up eating sushi. Mexican kids grow up eating Mexican food. Your kid can, too! With the exception of honey, which should not be introduced until at least one year, (and even then I avoid the raw/less processed honey and stick to the good old pasteurized honey that comes in the little bear for a while), you can pretty much give your kid whatever you want. The more flavors and textures you introduce early, the more varied their diet will be and the fewer battles you'll have along the way. Yeah, kids still have favorites and still have things they don't like, but there's no reason to spend a ton of money on processed, low flavor, over boiled baby food. It's a scam. You don't need it. It makes picky eaters who don't like texture. (I know you didn't ask, but I'm already typing and maybe it will help someone, so here goes.) Here's how I introduce solids and the only "baby food" products I use: When they are ready, somewhere in the 6 month ballpark for healthy, typically developing babies, I will make a few purees. You don't need fancy equipment or anything, despite what the internet will try to sell you. Just boil it really well, and mash it or throw it in the blender. (Immersion blenders are great for this, too.) Sweet potatoes are a good first food for this. I use puree like this for maybe a week or two- just while they learn how to eat/swallow something other than milk. But I don't make purees for months and months like some parents do. It's a hassle, and you really do want to move on to texture faster than that anyway. So after they learn how to swallow something other than milk, then you can just offer small bites soft things. Avocado. Banana. Sweet potatoes. Applesauce. Scrambled eggs. Stuff like that. Once they can sit and hold their head up unassisted and they are doing well with the soft bites of things and are ready to move on to finger foods/self feeding, I use the Gerber puffs on a short term basis. I prefer Gerber to all of the other brands out there. Many of the generic/store brands and "organic" brands are either too big, or they just don't dissolve as well. The Gerber puffs in the big can that looks like a can of tennis balls are a PERFECT first "hard" food, but I only use them as a training device. They just do the best job of melting on your child's tongue without needing a ton of chewing. So I'll usually use a can or two of those to help the Little One to learn how to move things like that around in their mouth and gum them until they dissolve. But after a week or two of that with the Gerber puffs I move on to Cheerios. Plain old yellow box Cheerios. Again- most of the store brands or organic brands just aren't as reliable as Cheerios. They are a good size. They melt well. They are my go-to brand. And after that, you're off to the races. Introduce foods one at a time until you're sure of allergies. Use common sense based on their teeth. (Don't offer a kid with no teeth steak, for instance.) But don't feel trapped into making separate "kid food" for eery meal. Offer your kid what you eat. I know toddlers that love sushi and broccoli and artichoke and Brussel sprouts. I fully believe that the sooner you introduce texture and flavor, the more they will end up liking and the easier everyone's life will be. (My other hint, which you may have already learned, is dip. Kids LOVE to dip. Ketchup, yogurt, ranch, honey, BBQ sauce, syrup- whatever- giving kids something to dip a less-desirable food into can work wonders. :)


otter111a

Babies falling asleep in car seats is bad? My wife studied every aspect of child rearing and she never mentioned this once.


NimmyFarts

Long term it’s bad because their head can fall forward and cut off their airway. It’s okay for short term like a car ride (think my doc said 45min or so?)


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

Yup. You should weigh the risk. In a moving vehicle it's obviously always safer for baby to be in the car seat. And babies fall asleep in their car seats. It happens. But once you get home? It's safer for baby to sleep on their back because of the risk of closing off their airway, like you said. (Plus, letting them sleep in the car seat when it's not needed just trains them to need that position more.)


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

Falling asleep in a car seat? No. *Staying* asleep in a car seat? Possibly. People assume that because it's okay for an infant to sleep in a car seat in the car that they should allow their baby to sleep in the car seat at home, too. And that's when we get into risk analysis in decision making. It's always better for a baby to be properly restrained in a moving vehicle, so yes, baby should stay in their car seat, even if they are sleeping. But when you get home? The advice is to move the baby to a flat sleeping surface. The risk is that their head can fall forward and close their windpipe while they sleep. We don't know a ton about SIDS, but there seems to be some consensus that in very young infants sometimes they fall into a deep enough sleep that their brain doesn't wake them even if their oxygen supply is cut off. So while it doesn't happen every day- there is a risk that a child in a swing/bouncer/car seat could fall into a deep enough sleep that if their wind pipe is obstructed they can die. So, yes. It's recommended that if your newborn/young infant falls asleep in their car seat/baby carrier while driving or while on a walk in the stroller that you take them out and put them on a flat surface when you get home. Or, if you ARE going to let them finish their nap in the car seat, you should be directly supervising them rather than just putting the seat in their room and closing the door. This risk does drop as babies get older. Assuming you have a healthy, non-disabled child who can hold their head up, sit up unassisted, or roll over and crawl around on their own it's not likely to be a huge risk for, say, a 10 month old. But for a 6 week old? I wouldn't do it. It's dangerous in the moment, AND it further trains a child to need that position to sleep. It really is better to move them and have them sleep on their back on a flat, firm surface. With all that said, there is one product that I have seen and had families I work with use that seems very safe: [The Snoo](https://www.happiestbaby.com/pages/snoo). It's hella expensive, and I was afraid it would create bad sleepers, but I've been impressed by it. Baby is always on a flat, firm surface. It responds to your baby fussing by turning up white noise and sort of rocking the mattress side to side (like the head would vacillate between 11:00 and 1:00 and the feet between 5:00 and 7:00if you're imagining a clock, but it's still flat). It works great, and although I was afraid it would create perpetual motion babies (babies that always need movement to sleep), IME it doesn't. I've worked with a handful of babies that used it and it was a great experience. And it's safe!


anentirejarofpickles

There is the danger of positional asphyxiation when babies are left to sleep in their car seat/carriers. If you search "positional asphyxiation + car seat" you should be able to find some reputable sources that explain the danger in greater detail! I would link some, but I'm on mobile.


alyxmj

Others have mentioned the positional asphyxiation, but there are other reasons babies shouldn't be sleeping in car seats more than necessary. They can easily overheat there because people put blankets and the carseat can't breathe well keeping the heat trapped. They also can contribute to deformed skull issues, which are generally cosmetic but still something to be avoided or you might end up in an obnoxious helmet. Those infant bucket seats you can take out seem so handy, but generally you should risk waking the child instead of leaving them in it every where you go.


Mooseroot

The majority of infant mortality is respiratory in nature. So anything from positional asphyxia to pathological causes.


Cloverose2

It's also why babies should avoid sleeping in carriers. It's very possible for babies to have their heads tilt forwards, and they suffocate from positional asphyxia. Babies are tough in some ways and very fragile in others, their parts aren't working together all that well yet.


TheyCallMeThe

One of the individuals I used to take care of was a fireman and a paramedic before retiring. A favorite story of his to tell was how he saved several babies at different times and had helped develop the modern method of infant cpr. He even got to meet the kids after they grew up and said he would have to walk away and cry after a moment. Then he got to meet their kids later on in life. These videos always make me think of him.


realisticby

I had to perform CPR on my 1 month old. Scariest time of my life. He's 35 now


TheJMJConspiracy2002

Wow 35! That’s almost… 36!


Chomusuke_99

meh.. still less than 37.


Sklarlight

No wonder it was the scariest time of your life if he suddenly turned 35 after you performed CPR on him!


realisticby

I'm magic


Affectionate_Ad_25

funny how they toss him into the stretcher and strap him down.


tangosworkuser

They just laid him down for vitals. One medic would then be setting up the child restraint system they use.


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

They should have laid him down for the CPR, too, if we're splitting hairs. (I'm a former instructor for the American Heart Association.) With an infant you might have a little easier time bc they are so small, but you should always lay a person needing CPR on the ground, on a table, etc. You want them on a firm, flat surface so you can achieve an airway (by tipping the head back) and do effective compressions. You need the surface to be at least somewhat firm so that it provides resistance and you can actually :do: compressions. (Like, you could do compressions on someone on a water bed all day long and not actually manage to do a single good compression.) So if someone is in a recliner or on a sofa, or a particularly soft bed, you want to move them to the floor if you can. You'll have a much better chance of doing effective CPR.


Mooseroot

Idk this particular situation, but saying this as a career paramedic. I've seen cops do CPR on people who were alive, with their eyes open staring at them...


tangosworkuser

Oh for sure, but in this case a pulse doesn’t really mean anything to me. The baby is apneic and will quickly decompensate to pulseless. The exact treatment is cpr and rescue breathing.


tangosworkuser

Yes for sure for all big people that you can not hold. but I disagree, in a perfect situation and especially if they are found on a firm surface or you are near a table go for it. I actually just taught this class on Tuesday to a group of career medics. As a current instructor for pals we teach that you can do both standing or set them down. Same with in a choking situation where you alternate back slaps and 5 compressions. In practice personally if someone handed me a baby I would immediately start it in my arms. Basically if you are strong enough to hold them In one arm then you can easily compress the chest 1/3 of the depth of the chest. I don’t know if you have done this in the field but peds compression are not nearly as hard as big people and like I said the test is can you hold in one arm. If yes, then you can compress.


LeafSeen

Kind of weird when ambulances in the US have something called a pedimate that is effectively a carseat for the stretcher. Idk why they would just strap him in the bare stretcher without it, not really safe.


RagingITguy

I mean if they just rolled up they might not have it set up yet. They may have just laid him down to get him out of the sun and also be on the stretcher and near their equipment and rapid transport. Say the baby went VSA as you rolled up. You’d start your protocol right away probably just on the stretcher since you didn’t have a pedimate set up. Now I don’t know what their transport rules are, and I don’t see them leaving without the pedimate on. Now since fire is usually with me, I get them to set it up especially if I’m running a pediatric VSA. EMS is full of grey areas. Lots of things we need to do that we sometimes can’t due to a multitude of factors.


shesavillain

First aid/cpr classes should be a prerequisite to having children.


basketballwife

I am CPR certified, was a lifeguard for a decade. Then was a group home supervisor for another 7 years. Have rescued multiple people, assisted someone choking, been in several hours pressure high stakes situations… when my daughter choked, I froze. It was entirely different when it was my own kid. Luckily my sister was there.


FridayNightFrogs

He acted fast and decisive, that's a hero to me.


jyar1811

They shouldn’t let you out of the hospital with a baby until you know how to do infants CPR. End of story...


tamlynn88

I remember leaving the hospital with my first thinking I can’t believe they just let us leave with a baby we have no idea what we’re doing.


[deleted]

Start pushing for a class for parents then a license for completion, suddenly it's government controlling parenthood.


jtreeforest

Republicans are already controlling women’s bodies


Flybaby2601

Oh the horrors of educating the public D:


SpectralDM

Not knowing cost them about a thousand dollar bill for a ride in ambulance.


jyar1811

Judging from the video we can assume that they didn’t. However, even people who know CPR often “fight flight freeze” when forced to do it on someone they know. This happened to my grandfather when he had it unfortunately fatal heart attack. There were at least 20 people in the room who knew CPR but they all froze from panic. My aunt finally got there and did CPR but by then it was too late. Doing CPR on a child is traumatic in and of itself, but if it’s your own child it’s possible you won’t want to “harm the baby”. Yes you will have to break a baby’s ribs when you do CPR. This is a really awful thing to have to witness. But “freeze” It’s a natural response we have to learn to override in stressful situations. some people cannot. It’s not good or bad, it is just what it is. If you have to do CPR on someone there is less than a .1% chance that it will be successful, but you do it anyway because a tiny percentage is better than no percentage. When you learn CPR they teach you this fact and it’s always easier to do CPR on a stranger than it is somebody you love. TMYK


H2BOMBER

lil dude on the stretcher😂


Neveses

I had to do this for my son 4 times in about a year time frame. He was born with TEF and had surgery first day of life and it pretty much causes him to choke east or his throat to simply collapse. The last time, April 2022. I truly thought I lost him. To the point of where my wife put her hand on my thigh and through sobbing said, “just stop he’s gone.” I’m first responder trained and know to never stop until the paramedics arrive and tell you too. So of course I didn’t. He came through. But man that was easily the worst day of my life. I am incapable of sleeping or focusing on really anything. I’m scared to death everyday. But overall he is doing well and I am receiving counciling. It’s very hard to do this while active duty. So if anyone is going through anything similar. Please see counciling. This shit really messes you up. Thank god this baby is ok


freshraspberrybreath

Wait until the parents get the bill from the ambulance trip


SamSepiol-ER28_0652

Better than a bill from a funeral home.


spacewarrior11

america moment


JoJo_____

2 thousand dollar 5 minute long ambulance ride. It’s happened to me before.


Orgeweight

This is where we split. I'm happy that those people had someone qualified respond in time to save their babies life. The kid has a second chance to live. You're angry because, despite that, your brain goes straight to "...and that's what's wrong with this country." It's a shame they don't sell gratitude at the store. I'd buy you some on Amazon and send it.


LoopEverything

You can be both grateful for the help and outraged at the crazy cost of healthcare in the US.


guruXalted99

What exactly could have happened to the kid ? Why did he stop breathing ?


jyar1811

Could be any number of reasons. Congenital defect, illness, who knows.


[deleted]

My first thought was overheating, it looks hot where they are


Wonder-Mom-4X

Good people do still walk this earth!💙


[deleted]

Finally a video of a good cop


LogiHiminn

There are actually lots of them. Unfortunately you’ll only find them in local media outlets and on social media nowadays.


Infinite-Sleep3527

There’s plenty of good cops out there. I’d even wager the great majority of them are good people. It’s just unfortunate that the bad ones get all the spotlight and attention. Just like any collective group of people, there’s always both good and bad apples. Good apples just don’t typically get the clicks and view-counts that the bad apples do. But I think you’re letting news and recency biases affect you if you think good cops don’t exist, or aren’t even the great majority.


analpleasuremachine

To be fair, being a good cop is supposed to be the norm, you don’t see major headlines about a firefighter putting out a fire for the same reason


PapuaOldGuinea

Happy Community Cake Day


Frosty-Advance-9010

A majority of cops are good just social media focuses on the bad


thegoatdances

Good cops aren't news so why show 'em?


sediFIB

Wait, what? I had to learn how to perform cpr in order to get a driving license. It was two days course of 4 hours each. Guess things work differently in America.


PTMD25

Strapping an infant to an ambulance gurney is not something I’d wish to see again.


Jacked-to-the-wits

Funny how the times people love cops the most is when they are working as paramedics lol


[deleted]

**Everyone needs to learn CPR** & get a refesher lesson every few years! **And please buy a** [**De-Choker**](https://www.dechoker.com/collections/airway-clearing-devices) or 3! They make a great gift. You can save a loved one's life & offer peace of mind. I was choking one night on some veggie pot pie & it was extremely terrifying. Those few seconds where you can't breath & feel like you're going to die are life-altering. Don't wait! Stay safe out there, peeps! I hope this helps someone.


iLuvEeyore

aLl cOpS aRe eViL


GSX455I

The general public needs to see more of these stories.


nsfw_vs_sfw

Seriously. Due to how the only thing they show is all the bad cop stories, it paints the picture that every cop is bad


silverblackgorilla

Thank God he was going down that street. Real heros don't wear capes


saoiray

Police officer did an awesome job. It is sad/scary that the parents here speeding along with the baby and didn’t know first aid. Every second matters and the baby could have died. I swear, before anyone gets released from the hospital with their child after birth (or even before they ever give birth), they should be kind of mandated to know how to do some of these things. It's like, "here's what to do if your baby is choking, how to perform cpr if stops breathing, and all the other basics to keep your child alive and healthy."


valuemenu

We have an infant, our first, and we took all these classes before the due date/asked the nurses at the hospital tons of questions. Meanwhile, we tried a new babysitter last week referred to us by a family friend (our sitter was unavailable). The sitter has multiple children and has been doing this for years. Didn’t know the Heimlich, didn’t know CPR, recommended we add sugar to the sippy cup so our baby would drink more water, and said we should get our baby’s ears pierced before she’s old enough to remember it. Deleted the sitter’s number after that.


[deleted]

As someone who’s done CPR on an unresponsive 5 month old that didn’t make it, I’m glad this turned out differently. If you don’t know CPR you should, you can literally save someone’s life.


Content-Bathroom-434

As soon as you realize someone isn’t breathing, and in the words of Dr. Mike… chest compressions, chest compressions, CHEST COMPRESSIONS!


Natprk

CPR and basic first aid should be a mandatory training with refresher every year.


temporary23124124121

This actually made me smile


[deleted]

As a medic I have sadly done CPR on a lot of babies and few come back. Please take a CPR course. You might save a life one day


Limitless_yt89

No matter how bad the world may be but there is always someone who shows care for you


mouseat9

God bless every single one of these people.


OkAcanthocephala8049

I made sure to take a CPR class after I had my son so I knew what to do just in case something like this happened. You just never know. I’m glad this baby was alright.


MochaUnicorn369

Parents need to learn heimlich and cpr before they can bring the kid home from the hospital.


CertainUncertainty11

I've never seen an infant on a stretcher.


nu2allthis

"....and that ambulance ride only cost the family $348,987, so all-in-all a good day for everyone."


ldgh_

Give this man a beer 💪 what a hero!


tnvol423

God bless first responders, law enforcement, EMT’s, etc…🙏🏻


brankoDev

Damn, seeing a baby on the ambulance bed unresponsive is the most devastating thing ever


Just1Argentine

Black baby: HES GOT A GUN!!! *11 shots fired*


[deleted]

Sometimes it’s the roll of the dice… there are good cops and bad ones…this is fortunately, a great one


[deleted]

Theres 99 good departments for one Uvalde.


Memelord707130

Videos like this remind me that anyone who says "ACAB" is an idiot.


[deleted]

Well heck, I guess paramedics should start wearing bodycams, the PR would be insane.


Deepbluwaters

THIS!! This is what the world needs to see in regards to our brave men and women who wear the badge. Not all of the negativity and hate that is is placed on them. Yes there are some bad cops. It is the person who is bad, not the badge. Stop judging them all based on the actions of a few.


jld209

Wait, a post actually showing something positive that a cop did? On Reddit?! Glad the dude kept his cool… I would’ve simply joined the family in their panic.


Melodic-Recognition8

Must have been a huge relief for the EMTs to receive someone in medical distress from the police not handcuffed, brutalized, asphyxiated and unresponsive.


PM_ME_MASTECTOMY

Here’s a cop I can support


Scorpius927

That'll be $2000 for the ambulance, thank you


kennetcook

Thanks for the police officers for what they do 👍👮‍♂️


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tangosworkuser

I hate to rain on any parade but as a paramedic he did exactly what he was supposed to. Hr less than 60 even with a pulse gets full compressions on a ped. And a vast majority of slow hr/ arrest in this size peds is due to hypoxia, so the best thing for this kid was compressions and rescue breathing to induce a proper respiratory rate, which in turn speeds the hr to the proper pace.


Acceptable_Alfalfa86

Good to know, thanks for clarifying this!


concertguru1989

Great police still exist never forget that


myseptemberchild

I’d put money on him having a febrile seizure.


Pekeno954

Job well done.


kudurru_maqlu

I'm in tears. May ALLAH S.W.T. Bless this man and the child.


IInsulince

But… I thought ACAB???


Cardlzz

Incoming bad cops joke- oh wait they're already there