Media Advisory - Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS Safe Sleep Initiative

Published on December 11, 2024

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Infant Safe Sleeping Guidelines to reduce the risk of sleep-related death  

Who: Pittsburgh EMS Assistant Chief Mark Pinchalk, Paramedic Arica Greenhow, and representatives from Cribs for Kids and Healthy Start.

What: News conference to highlight the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS Infant Safe Sleep Initiative in partnership with Cribs for Kids and Healthy Start, which works to improve maternal and child health and to reduce poor birth outcomes and infant mortality in Allegheny County.

Where: Pittsburgh EMS Training Division, 220 22nd Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

When: 9 a.m., Thursday, December 12, 2024

Why: To address the alarming increase in the number of infant deaths in 2024 in the city of Pittsburgh due to unsafe sleep practices, and to highlight the resources available to new mothers and caregivers to help prevent such tragedies.

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