Infant Death Investigation Training
Each year in Ohio, about 180 infants die unexpectedly with no apparent cause of death. Training was held June 8-9, 2011 to provide new techniques for investigating and reporting infant deaths. Coroners, child protective services, death investigators, law enforcement, and child fatality review from around the state participated.
At this time no additional trainings have been scheduled; however, we hope to offer more in the future. Please contact Andrea Hauser at alhauser@columbus.gov to be added to the training notification email list.
Course Description
Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) requires thorough examination of the death scene, a review of the clinical history, a detailed interview and performance of a complete autopsy in order to accurately determine the cause and manner of death. This course will cover important information all investigators need to know in order to complete a thorough death investigation of an infant. A multi-disciplinary approach is encouraged, so all potential members of a death investigation team should attend.
Full course description and objectives
Past Participant Comments
"All those that trained, taught and worked this training were awesome, so knowledgeable, and interactive. The whole training flowed and provided a wealth of information."
"Excellent mock scene activity and case scenario discussion."
"I wish that more law enforcement and coroner's death investigators could attend regional conferences like this one. This training course was just about right for length and amount of content. It far exceeded my expectations."
"Lots of very useful info I will share with the staff I supervise and my coworkers."
"This is an excellent training. It will be very useful for my job."
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Resources
CDC SUID/SIDS Website
SUIDI Reporting Form
SUIDI Top 25
Safe Sleep PPT for Safety Professionals
More Information
Contact Andrea Hauser at 614-645-1667 or alhauser@columbus.gov.
Sponsored by Columbus Police Department, Columbus Public Health, Franklin County Children Services, Franklin County Coroner’s Office, Ohio Department of Health, and the SID Network of Ohio.
The Ohio Department of Health (OH-011-0412) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.