Demographics
5y, female
Date of death
2018-05-16
Finding date
2020-05-18
Cause of death
suffocation
AI-generated summary
A five-month-old girl died from suffocation while co-sleeping in an adult bed with both parents and an older sibling. The infant was anatomically normal and in good health at the time of death. Co-sleeping posed an inherent risk of suffocation, which was exacerbated when a four-year-old brother joined the bed, creating a situation where the infant became sandwiched between family members. The coroner emphasised that this death was completely avoidable and reiterated well-established warnings about the dangers of bed-sharing with infants. Parents should be counselled to place infants in their own cot or bassinet for all sleep periods to prevent similar tragic outcomes.
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