You are called to a suburban home at 5 AM where you find a distressed mother crying and yelling about her baby. She tells you that she had put her 2-month-old to bed at around 10 PM. The mother woke up at around 4 AM and found her baby lying unresponsive in her crib. You begin resuscitative efforts en route to the hospital, but the patient is pronounced dead upon arrival to the ED. What is a likely cause of death for the infant?

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The NREMT exam asks questions on these topics: - Airway, Respiration & Ventilation - Cardiology & Resuscitation - Trauma - Medical/Obstetrics/Gynecology - EMS Operations All sections, except EMS Operations, have a content distribution of 85% adult and 15% pediatrics [based questions].  Topic weightage: For the EMT exam, 18%-22% of questions asked will cover airway, respiration, and ventilation; 20%-24% will cover cardiology and resuscitation; 14%-18% will cover trauma; 27%-31% will cover medical/obstetrics/gynecology; and 10%-14% will cover EMS operations.  For the EMR, advanced EMT... Show more

1. You are called to a suburban home at 5 AM where you find a distressed mother crying and yelling about her baby. She tells you that she had put her 2-month-old to bed at around 10 PM. The mother woke up at around 4 AM and found her baby lying unresponsive in her crib. You begin resuscitative efforts en route to the hospital, but the patient is pronounced dead upon arrival to the ED. What is a likely cause of death for the infant?