It is very common to leave babies asleep in safety seats, however, this can cause postural suffocation. Know this story.
Derek and Ali left their little Shepard in the nursery without thinking about what would happen. An employee placed the baby in his safety seat instead of the crib to sleep. Two hours later the baby had died of postural asphyxiation.
How did this happen?
Many people do not know that babies are even adults can die from poor posture when sleeping. The positional asphyxia occurs when a position of abdominal suspension prevents the rib cage to expand and to breathe correctly.
Positional asphyxia usually occurs in people with disabilities such as paralysis or convalescing patients, the elderly, people with loss of consciousness and babies. Many babies die each year as a result of postural suffocation, and although many parents have heard of it, the general population is unaware of this condition.
What happens when the baby sleeps in the car seat?
When a baby sits in a safety seat, the weight of his body falls on himself. This position, which many babies normally take, must be corrected, since otherwise a postural suffocation may occur.
The head is heavy and its muscles weak, so it cannot hold itself upright, and its airways slowly compress.
For this reason, the safety seats have belts that go from the shoulder to the abdomen. These tapes are not only to prevent the baby from falling to the ground but to prevent suffocation.
The approved safety tapes allow correcting the posture, sticking the baby’s shoulders to the backrest, preventing his weight from compressing his lungs. However, an incorrect placement of the security tapes and closures can be fatal.
The Dodd family has been devastated after what happened but has gathered the necessary forces to tell their case on television with the intention that this type of event does not occur.