Hart Rate Monitor to Prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a major cause of infant mortality throughout the world, yet its cause and mechanism of action remain poorly understood. Here, we discuss a tool to preventing these deaths: the Heart rate monitors (HRM) and why it can work to prevent SIDS deaths. Death, regardless of cause, occurs exclusively through cardiac arrest, we suggest applying a HRM with programmable alarm sounds that, when properly positioned, could advise an adult when the infant’s heart rate decreased beyond a certain threshold, through a sound, a phone call or another mechanism. This would allow the adult to wake the baby and call the doctor or take the child to the emergency room. If our theory is correct, waking the baby will be enough to reactivate the stimulation of the brain stem and save his life. This has the potential to be a low cost means of significa...