Shaken Baby

Question 0

Signs and symptoms

Answer 0

• irritability
• lethargy
• tremors
• vomiting
• seizures
• coma
• stupor
• death

Question 1

What is shaken baby syndrome?

Answer 1

-group of signs and symptoms resulting from violent shaking and impacting of the head of an infant or small child
-neurological changes due to destruction of brain cells
caused by trauma, lack of O2 to brain cells, swelling of the brain

Question 2

Epidemiology

Answer 2

1200-1400 cases/year in US
1 of 4 babies die each yr
avg age of 6-8 mo.
more common in kids at of below poverty lvl.
more common in kids under 1 yr.

Question 3

Perpetrator

Answer 3

• ages in 65-90% of cases…typically not dad

- in females, babysitters or daycare..mother is less common

Question 4

How much force?

Answer 4

typically lasts <20sec

-requires adult size person to induce severe force

Question 5

what happens when they are shaken?

Answer 5

• head rotates about the neck uncontrollably
• pitches the brain back and forth w/in the skull
• brain may strike the skull causing bruising and bleeding
• damage is greater when shaking ends on impact

Question 6

What are the effects of SBS

Answer 6

• partial-total blindness
• hearing loss
• seizures
• developmental delays
• impaired intellect
• speech and learning difficulties
• Trouble w/ memory and attention
• Severe intellectual disability
• CP

Question 7

What are the 5 S’s?

Answer 7

• Shushing
• Side/stomach positioning
• Sucking
• Swaddling
• Swinging gently