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A 19-year-old father from Missouri was arrested after his infant was found with bleeding of the brain and other injuries caused by shaken baby syndrome (also called abusive head trauma), according to the NWA online website. The 5-week-old boy was hospitalized Saturday at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield and was reported to be in critical [...]
Although treatment for shaken baby syndrome varies depending on the specific situation and other factors, including the age of the child and the extent and type of injuries involved, some of the immediate treatments are relatively common among shaken baby syndrome victims. An infant or child who has been shaken should be taken and admitted [...]
A day care provider from Talbot County, Maryland, has been arrested in connection with the shaken baby death of a nine-month old boy she cared for in her home, according to the WBOC 16 news website. Police say that 911 received a call from Gail Dobson, 52, on September 2, who requested an ambulance and [...]
We have posted news here on the Shaken Baby Syndrome Blog about the link between economic troubles and increased instances of shaken baby syndrome. According to child abuse prevention expert Leah Wohlsdorf, there is also a strong correlation between rural areas and cases of shaken baby abuse, also called abusive head trauma due to the [...]
An Indiana father who allegedly abused and shook his infant twins over two years ago was recently arrested for aggravated battery and neglect (two counts of each), according to The Herald Bulletin. According to the then 3-month-old twins’ mother, she left the twins in thirty-one-year-old Antonio S. Jones’ care while she was on a trip [...]
Birmingham, Alabama’s Exchange Club Family Skills Center has joined the abusive head trauma prevention effort, according to the CBS 42 news website. The center partnered with other agencies in a child safety fair that included a display demonstrating the trauma that occurs in child’s brain when it is shaken. The shaken baby simulator is a [...]
In the midst of economic troubles, organizations in Georgia are thankful to be the recipients of grants from the Coweta Community Foundation, some of which will help in shaken baby syndrome prevention, according to the Times-Herald online. The mission of the foundation is to provide grants to a variety of causes that will better the [...]
A 23-year-old father has been charged with aggravated child abuse and first-degree murder for allegedly shaking his 2 1/2-month-old daughter in Winter Springs, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Ventrel Gammons was with baby Samiyah over two years ago while the baby’s mother was away, and the child reportedly stopped breathing. Upon medical examination, it [...]
