Cot Death

About Cot Death

The role of the Cot Death Society is to provide, totally free of charge, on medical referral, Infant Respiration Monitors for parents in the community who have a baby deemed as being at risk from Cot Death. The babies most at risk from cot death are:

• Premature
  
• Multiple births (twins)
  
• Low birth weight
  
• Ex-special care baby unit patients (SCBU)
  
• Respiratory problems
• Suffering from reflux
  
• Suffering from chronic lung disease
  
• Suffering from reflux
  
• Apparent life threatening event (ALTE)
• A history of The Association of Primary Care Groups and Trusts
  
• Siblings of a prior cot death in the family