1 Year Old Heart Stopped In Daycare

[sarahhardy2711]

A mom in a moms group I'm apart of just lost her 1 year old daughter! Long story short she went to her daycare fine and while she was there they said her heart stopped, they tried to revive her and I guess did so enough to get her to the hospital. Eventually she made it to AI Dupont Children's Hospital and was on machines. The next day they ran tests on her brain and doctors found her to be brain dead. The little girl has gone to heaven, but this made me think about how often this happens.
Has anyone ever had to do life saving measures while running your daycare?

[Cradle2crayons]

Oh my gosh that is so horrible!!! What an awful thing to happen!! I've never had to use life saving measures in my home daycare, but I've performed CPR on infants and children several times in a hospital setting. About the only medical thing I've done here other than basic first aid is having to replace a Mickey j button.

[lovemykidstoo]

I have not had to do CPR thankfully, but I did have approximately a 2-3 yr old dcg choke on a piece of food one time and she was not taking in air at all. So I guess technically that is a life-saving move. I was calm, cool and collected during that time, but as soon as I knew she was okay, I went in the other room and just melted into tears.

[daycarediva]

I have not had to do CPR thankfully, but I did have approximately a 2-3 yr old dcg choke on a piece of food one time and she was not taking in air at all. So I guess technically that is a life-saving move. I was calm, cool and collected during that time, but as soon as I knew she was okay, I went in the other room and just melted into tears.

happyface you are awesome!!!!!


The only cpr I have ever done on anyone, is my own ds. He's fine now, but I was in panic mode and bawling through the whole thing, I didn't even realize the paramedics (and THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT/bil was a firefighter) were standing next to me until they picked me up off of him.

The next time he coded, I was so thankful to be at a hospital.

[lovemykidstoo]

happyface you are awesome!!!!!


The only cpr I have ever done on anyone, is my own ds. He's fine now, but I was in panic mode and bawling through the whole thing, I didn't even realize the paramedics (and THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT/bil was a firefighter) were standing next to me until they picked me up off of him.

The next time he coded, I was so thankful to be at a hospital.

You just gave me chills with this! Thank God you knew what to do!

[Play Care]

How horrible!
Was there an undetected heart condition?
I have never had to do CPR though am always current with my certifications.

[Sprouts]

my husband tells me we should have a defribilator here, i didnt take him serious about it until reading that. Its a good question though, how often has something like this happened? For a babies heart to just stop has to be some underlying condition unless they were choking.

[Cradle2crayons]

This happens commonly in athletes of all ages, but a child that age it seems just have had an underlying issue.

[rmc20021]

How horrible...and how horrible that provider must feel with it happening on her watch (although I'm sure it was nothing due to the provider's fault).

I once had a little girl choking. The kids were eating lunch and I was standing right around the corner, not even 3 feet away when I realized nobody was making a sound, saying a word or anything.

I peeked around the corner and everyone was staring at the one little girl who was about 3 and I noticed she had tears running down her cheeks but coulding speak. I picked her up, did the heimlich on her, out popped the food, sat her down and everyone went about their business as though nothing happened.

I was a trained and certified EMT so I was able to stay calm (I always have been able to do that anyways in emergency crisis's).

I couldn't imagine having a child stop breathing on me like that though. Prayers to the family and the provider.

[Laurel]

A mom in a moms group I'm apart of just lost her 1 year old daughter! Long story short she went to her daycare fine and while she was there they said her heart stopped, they tried to revive her and I guess did so enough to get her to the hospital. Eventually she made it to AI Dupont Children's Hospital and was on machines. The next day they ran tests on her brain and doctors found her to be brain dead. The little girl has gone to heaven, but this made me think about how often this happens.
Has anyone ever had to do life saving measures while running your daycare?

That is so sad. I wonder why that happened.

Pre home daycare (I worked in a Montessori preschool), I had to Heimlich a 4 year old boy during lunch time. I wasn't in charge but a few others just kind of froze so I did it. That really works! The food just came shooting out. When we told mom later she said "Oh I forgot to tell you that he has swallowing issues." Really mom?

During interviews now I always ask "Does your child have any medical issues I should know about?"

Laurel

[littlemissmuffet]

The worst I have dealt with in a daycare setting is a 14 month old having a seizure. I was calm the entire time, but like lovemykidstoo, as soon as the child and paramedics left I had a little freakout.

Our 4 month old daughter choked last month - she threw up, it was coming out her nose as well and she froze up and stopped breathing. Hubby and I handled the situation perfectly calm and collected - but after she started breathing and moving again we just about lost our minds.

I think even though most people are in pure panic mode when an emergency arises their bodies and minds stay calm enough to get you through the situation until everything is stable enough for you to process everything and release the adrenaline.

[MsLaura529]

I haven't had it to me personally, but one of my DH's co-worker's daughters died while at daycare. She was 2 years old, it happened during naptime, very sad

I'm hoping I don't ever have to be in that situation (who would want to be?), but I think I would definitely be with you ladies who were calm and collected during the event, but once it's over, I would go and cry my eyes out in another room. Happened to me when I took DH to the hospital (food poisoning and a recent diagnoses of horrible ulcerative colitis don't mix), and once he was being taken care of by the nurses, I asked the one to watch our DD (who was eating cheerios in the stroller) and I went into the bathroom, and passed out - broke my glasses and my nose, hah.

[youretooloud]

Never! How awful! I can't even imagine that.

I did have a child who's doctor discovered a serious heart condition when he was almost two. I lived in fear every day that he was with me. There's nothing they can do about it, other than to try to avoid anything that would cause his heart to stop. (cold meds, steroids, strenuous activity, etc)

But, I was at a girlscout camp as a child, and we were hiking when one girl's heart stopped. She wasn't in my troop, but, another girl started CPR right there on the trail. She did not survive either though. I was in 4th grade, so the memory is very fuzzy.

[lovemykidstoo]

Just as a side note to those that have had kids choke on food. Be careful that they didn't aspirate any of the food. When I had it happen, I called the mom right away so she had the option of having an x-ray done. Aspirating food can be very serious.

[littlemissmuffet]

Just as a side note to those that have had kids choke on food. Be careful that they didn't aspirate any of the food. When I had it happen, I called the mom right away so she had the option of having an x-ray done. Aspirating food can be very serious.

Awesome advice!