training for safely surrender baby site personnel
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Contra Costa CountySafely Surrendered Baby Law
Training for Safely Surrender Baby Site Personnel
Developed by
Contra Costa Emergency Medical Services
Contra Costa Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs
Contra Costa County Children & Family Services
June 2011
Topic: Safely Surrendered Baby Law: Training for Safely Surrender Site Personnel
Audience: This training is directed at all Safely Surrender Baby Site personnel including Fire First Responders and Fire‐EMS Transport Providers, Medical Office and Health Center Personnel and Emergency Department Physician and Nursing Staff. It has been designed to provide a standardized educational curriculum to support appropriate handling of Safely Surrendered Baby cases within Contra Costa County.
Educational Approach: This training may be used in a variety of ways. Traditional lecture presentation or by self study. If adapted as a self study it is recommended that additional posttest questions be considered appropriate to the audience.
OBJECTIVES: At the completion of the training session, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the Safe Surrender Law and its purpose.2. Identify the appropriate Safe Surrender Sites in Contra Costa County. 3. Describe the contents of a Safe Surrender Kit, proper storage and where to obtain replacement kits.4. Describe the appropriate use of the Safe Surrender Newborn Kit.5. Discuss the case studies presented and how the Safely Surrendered Baby Law influenced each case.6. Describe what to do as a health care provider receiving a Safely Surrendered Baby.
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What is the Purpose of the Safely Surrendered Baby Law?
To protect babies from being hurt or killed because they were abandoned
•From the November 2, 2010, California Department of Social Services All County Information Notice 1‐88‐10 •The California Safely Surrendered Baby Law provides a safe alternative for the surrender of a newborn baby in specified circumstances. The intent of the law is to encourage safe and health births, provide freedom from prosecution and maintain confidentiality for the surrendering individual. Further the law was intended to prevent newborn harm and avoid infant deaths resulting from abandonment in unsafe locations. Under the Health and Safety Code, section 1255.7 •Safely Surrendered Baby Definition: An infant is considered to be safely surrendered if all the following apply: The child is 72 hours old or younger; Is voluntarily surrendered by a parent or an individual with lawful custody; Is surrendered to personnel on duty at a designated safe surrender site; and has not suffered abuse and/or neglect.•Characteristics unique to safe surrender: No person safely surrendering a baby to personnel at a safe surrender site may be prosecuted for abandonment, failure to provide or desertion. The surrendering person/parent has up to 14 days from the date the child was surrendered to return and reclaim the baby by presenting the uniquely coded ID bracelet that was offered to the surrendering individual at the time of the safe surrender. A medical questionnaire must be offered, but is voluntary to complete. All identifying information that pertains to a parent or individual who surrenders a child is confidential. If this information is inadvertently provided to the Child Welfare Services Case Management System (CWS/CMS) by the safe surrender site, it must not be entered in the CWS/CMS.
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Background
• The Safely Surrendered Baby Law (SSB) was implemented on January 1, 2001.
• In October 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation extending the SSB Law permanently.
• The permanent law went into effect on January 1, 2006.
•The law was first passed in January 2001 and was to end in 2006. In 2005 legislation was signed to extend the SSB law permanently. Contra Costa was the fourth county in California to implement the law in August of 2003.•County officials work with county and community agencies including Health Services, Contra Costa Fire Protection District, First 5 Contra Costa, the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County, thePerinatal Council, the Woman's Club of Antioch, and others to make the public more aware of how the SSB law works.•The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors designated Fire Stations, County Clinics and Kaiser Medical Offices as alternative designated sites.
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Related Legislation
• Text of Senate Bill 1368 ‐ Safe Haven Law ‐ Established the Safely Surrendered Baby Law.
• Text of Senate Bill 116 ‐ SSB Law Amendment ‐Makes the SSB Law permanent.
• Text of Senate Bill 139 ‐ SSB Law Amendment ‐Redefined "safe‐surrender sites."
• Text of Assembly Bill 2817 Sex Education Course Content and the SSB Law ‐ Requires that students be advised of the SSB Law in public schools.
•For the exact text of the current law (SB116) go to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/05‐06/bill/sen/sb_0101‐0150/sb_116_bill_20051007_chaptered.pdf
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Statewide StatisticsSafely Surrendered Baby Works!
• California and 46 other states have such laws in place to discourage baby abandonment.
• From January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2010, – 396 newborns have been safely surrendered in California while
another – 151 infants have been found alive following their illegal
abandonment.
• As of December 31, 2010; 64 have been safely surrendered in California this year.
• As of 2005 there have been 7 safely surrendered infants in Contra Costa County
•Since the Safely Surrendered Baby Law went into effect many infants have been successfully surrendered. •Contra Costa has averaged about 1‐2 safely surrendered infants a year since 2005. There have been 4 cases associated with hospital deliveries, 2 cases at the Emergency Department, 1 case at a Fire Station.•Handling a safely surrendered infant in Contra Costa is a rare event that must be handled correctly to assure parental rights are protected.•It is of critical importance that all safely surrender site personnel understand what to do.
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The Law
• Under the SSB law, a parent or person with lawful custody can safely surrender a baby confidentially and without fear of prosecution within 72 hours of birth.
• The SSB law requires the baby be taken to a public or private hospital, designated fire station or other safe surrender site. No questions will be asked.
• The SSB law provides a safe alternative to desperate parents who are unwilling or unable to keep their babies.
•This is a description of the law from the State website http://www.babysafe.ca.gov/
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The Law Continued
• Babies who are safely surrendered are given medical treatment and placed in a foster home or pre‐adoptive home. At the time of surrender, a bracelet is placed on the baby for identification purposes and a matching bracelet provided to the parent or lawful guardian in case the baby is reclaimed.
• A parent or person with lawful custody has up to 14 days from the time of surrender to reclaim their baby.
•Although much of this training is directed at Safe Surrender Site Personnel outside of the hospital it is important to know that an infant born in a hospital may also be surrendered under the law.
•Safe Surrender of an Infant Born in the Hospital:When this occurs the hospital staff must ensure the following: The birth mother, by word or action, indicates that she does not want to keep her baby; The birth mother is voluntarily surrendering physical custody of the child and the baby is in the care of hospital personnel. If the birth mother chooses to voluntarily relinquish her baby and begins the adoption process, then subsequently chooses safe surrender within 72 hours of birth, the baby would be considered surrendered. The intent of the safe surrender law is to ensure that the baby is safe; remaining in the care of the hospital would be considered as such. If a baby is surrendered after a hospital birth, the names of the birth mother and father must be redacted from any information provided to the Child Welfare Services agency.
•Parents do not need to be familiar with the SSB law to safely surrender. Parents may leave the safe surrender site anytime after they have handed their infant over to safely surrender site personnel.
What happens to the baby?
• The baby will be examined and given medical treatment, if needed.
• Transported to the nearest emergency department
• Then the baby will be placed in a foster or pre‐adoptive home by Child Protective Services.
•Parents must surrender an infant to appropriate personnel at a designated Safely Surrendered Sites including fire stations, hospital emergency departments and designated medical clinics.
•If the infant is surrendered at a designated Safely Surrendered Baby site other than an emergency department, personnel will accept the infant following the Contra Costa County procedures for accepting a Safely Surrendered Baby described later in this training.
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What happens to the parent?
• Parents who safely surrender their baby may leave the hospital emergency room or other designated site without fear of arrest or prosecution for child abandonment.
• Their identity will remain confidential and they will have the comfort of knowing their baby will remain in safe hands.
• If during the cooling off period the parents decide that they want to reclaim the baby, they can take the identifying bracelet back to the hospital, where staff will provide information about the baby.
Who does the Law allow to bring the baby to a Safe Surrender site? The Law allows the parent or other person with lawful custody to bring the baby to a Safe Surrender site. Lawful custody is defined as “physical custody of a minor 72 hours old or younger accepted by a person from a parent of the minor, who the person believes in good faith is the parent of the minor, with the specific intent and promise of effecting the safe surrender of the child.”
Can people assist a parent surrendering the baby under the Safely Surrendered Baby Law? YES. As stated in the Law, people can “assist” the parent surrendering the baby for the purpose of effecting the safe surrender, if they do so without compensation, and in good faith. In these instances, a person assisting in a safe surrender would not be liable, in civil court, for injury to or death of the baby as a result of any act or omission except those acts or omissions constituting gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct.
The Law guarantees confidentiality to the surrendering adult. What does this mean? A parent or other individual who safely surrenders a baby does not have to give his or her name, thus guaranteeing confidentiality. In cases where a parent’s name is known (e.g., mother registers at the hospital where she gives birth), the Law states that “Any personal identifying information, that pertains to a parent or individual who surrenders a child, shall be redacted (removed) from any medical information (documents) provided to child protective services or the county agency providing child welfare services and shall not be disclosed by any personnel of a safe‐surrender site that accepts custody of a child.
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Does a parent have to give any information to those taking the baby?
• No. Nothing is required.
• Hospital/EMS personnel receiving the infant will give a kit to the individual surrendering newborn. – The kit contains a postage paid
envelope containing newborn medical questionnaires (English and Spanish), and information on resources and rights
• It is up to the parent if they wish to give any additional information concerning the baby.
Does the parent or surrendering individual have to tell anything to the person accepting the baby at the Safe Surrender site?
No they do not. However, the parent or surrendering individual will be asked to fill out a questionnaire designed to gather important medical history information, which is very useful in caring for the baby.
Remember filling out the questionnaire is encouraged and not required. If the parent or surrendering individual wishes, the questionnaire can be taken home, completed and mailed back to Children & Family Services (CFS) in the provided addressed, postage paid, return envelope.
Reassure the surrendering individual that the medical questionnaire does not require any information that would compromise confidentiality.
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What is a Safely Surrender Baby Designated Site?
• Under the law it is any hospital emergency room or other designated site.
• The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has approved the other designated sites as Fire Stations, County Clinics and Kaiser Medical Offices
• For a complete list of current sites in Contra Costa go to: http://cchealth.org/topics/baby_safe/locations.php
Does the law allow a parent or other surrendering individual to leave his or her baby at the entrance of a Safe Surrender site? No. To ensure the safety of the baby, the parent or person with lawful custody must give the baby to an employee of the Safe Surrender site.
A list of all Safely Surrendered Sites in Contra Costa is available athttp://cchealth.org/topics/baby_safe/. When the county designated alternative surrender sites it dramatically increased the number of places individuals could safely surrender an infant. Prior to that Safely Surrendered Sites were limited to the Emergency Department only.
What about Liability? In 2010 there was a minor revision to the law effective January 1, 2011. This is how the California Hospital Association described it in a memo that was sent statewide. “The immunity provision in the “safe surrender” or “newborn abandonment” law was clarified to state that safe surrender site and its personnel have no liability for a surrendered child prior to taking actual physical custody, or prior to the time that the site knows, or should know, the child has been surrendered.
If your designated site is no longer able to function as a Safely Surrendered Site it is important to contact Contra Costa Health Services’ Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs so they are able to keep their lists up to date.
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What is the County Protocol for Safe Surrender?
• Welcome the individual surrendering the infant.
• Do not be judgmental. This is an emotional and difficult time for the person.
• Accept the infant (even if it appears older than 72 hours) and begin to assess for any medical needs.
•The following slides describe the step by step protocol of approved procedures for accepting a Newborn under the California Safely Surrendered Baby Law in Contra Costa County.•The written procedures are located inside of the Newborn Safe Surrender Kit. Refer to these procedures as you accept the infant. The procedures along with these training materials are also available on the Contra Costa County Health Services website at www.cchealth.org/topics/baby_safe.•In this example the Safely Surrendered Site is a Fire Department
• Limit all requests for identifying information. The SSB law requires strict confidentiality.• For the purpose of EMS patient care documentation, ascertain the date and time of birth
and surnames if the parent volunteers this information.• Above all, never pressure the individual for information.• Review your organization’s and provider agency’s internal procedures for additional
requirements.
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Then…
•• Locate and obtain the Newborn Locate and obtain the Newborn Safe Surrender Kit.Safe Surrender Kit.
•• Accept the infant and follow the Accept the infant and follow the Safely Surrender Baby Procedures Safely Surrender Baby Procedures contained inside the kit.contained inside the kit.
NextNext• Fire Stations: Notify the
Communications Center and request a Code 2 ambulance response to transport infant to the nearest Emergency Dept (ED)
• Health Centers/Medical Offices:Call 911 and request a Code 2 Ambulance for transport to nearest ED.
•All Safely Surrendered Sites should have 1‐2 Newborn Safe Surrender Kits.•The Kits are available through Contra Costa Health Services’ Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs. •Kits are to be stored in a clearly identified, accessible but safe location so they do not get damaged or lost.•Assure that all personnel in your agency know where the kit is kept and how to use it.•It is the designated Safely Surrendered Baby Site’s responsibility to keep these kits available and not to lose track of them. •Remember the need for the kit does NOT come up often…especially with so many designated sites (e.g. fire stations, county clinics and Kaiser medical offices) available.
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Contents of Newborn Safe Surrender Kit
• Written procedures for accepting a Safely Surrendered Newborn.
• Coded ankle identification bracelets for newborn.
• Coded wrist identification bracelet for person surrendering newborn.
• For the person surrendering newborn:– Postage paid envelope containing newborn medical questionnaires (English and Spanish), and information on resources and rights
• Clamp for umbilical cord.
•This is what is in the Newborn Safe Surrender kit and how it looks when you open it:
•Procedures for accepting a newborn under California’s Safely Surrendered Baby Law
•Coded ankle identification bracelets for newborn
•Coded wrist identification bracelet for person surrendering newborn
•For the person surrendering newborn, a postage paid envelope containing newborn medical questionnaires (English and Spanish), and information on resources and rights
•Clamp for umbilical cord
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Using the Newborn Safe Surrender Kit (NSSK)
• Place a coded, confidential ankle bracelet on the infant
• Hand the surrendering person the matching coded wrist bracelet.
• Hand the surrendering person(s) the two inner envelopes containing Safe Surrender info and the voluntary medical questionnaire
• Complete the Notes section on the face of the NSSK envelope. The envelope with the completed Notes section MUST accompany the infant to the hospital.
• Fire/EMS: Complete a prehospital patient care record (PCR), record the coded bracelet number in the narrative.
•The following information applies to all Safely Surrender Baby Site Personnel. •It is not necessary to remember all this information as the written procedures are contained in the Newborn Safely Surrender Kit.•What is the purpose of the identification bracelets? The bracelet assists social workers in determining who a baby’s parents may be in those cases where a parent requests the baby back. The bracelet does not establish parentage or a right to custody of the baby.•Placing the identification bracelet and completing the NOTES section of the newborn kit is one of the most important responsibilities that an individual accepting an infant needs to perform. Assure the completed NOTES section MUST go with the infant to the hospital.•Fire EMS providers are also required to complete a prehospital electronic patient care record when accepting and transporting these infants. •Health Centers and Medical Office SSB site personnel should consult their agency’s internal procedures for additional requirements.
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Fire Station Vacant
• The person surrendering an infant will need to use the direct ring down phone outside the station to contact the Communication Center.
• The Communication Center will direct the person surrendering the infant to remain at the station.
• The closest available engine company will response and an ambulance will be dispatched Code 2 to the station.
• If any suspicious circumstances exist the local police should be contacted and they will be sent out.
• Once the engine company arrives follow safely surrendered baby procedures as previously described.
•This can occur if a station is out on a call or is used intermittently.
•Remember persons surrendering an infant must never leave an infant unattended. Under the law this would be child abandonment.
•They must transfer the infant to Fire or Health Center/Medical office Safely Surrender Baby site personnel who are present on site.
•All Safely Surrendered Infant Kit paperwork should be completed and sent to the hospital with the infant.
•Health Centers/Medical Offices: Infants should be safely surrendered during operating hours. Remember “The immunity provision in the “safe surrender” or “newborn abandonment” law was clarified (effective January 2011) to state that safe surrender site and its personnel have no liability for a surrendered child prior to taking actual physical custody, or prior to the time that the site knows, or should know, the child has been surrendered.
Once Transport Arrives…
• Ambulance personnel shall assume custody of the infant and continue to provide for any medical needs.
• Receiving hospital personnel will notify Children & Family Services and the local police immediately.
• Fire Captain will complete a Fire Incident Report and notify Battalion Chief and EMS Chief via phone or email.
•Responsibilities of EMS personnel are to safely get the infant to the nearest emergency department and follow the county safely surrendered baby procedures•Your agency internal procedure may vary slightly. EMS personnel should consult their internal policies and procedures for additional information•It is the receiving hospital’s responsibility to contact both the Child and Family Services and the local police immediately.•Immediate notification is critical. The SSB law has strict timelines that must be followed so communication is key!•In Contra Costa County, only the police and the court have the authority to “detain”children. That is why the police need to be notified in addition to CFS.•CFS must get a “police hold” signed before they can take a child into custody. •Hospital emergency departments and designated Safe Surrender Site clinics should review their internal procedures for more specifics.
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In the Emergency Department…
• On arrival the receiving hospital will take custody of the infant, and will notify Children & Family Services (CFS) and local police by phone.
• In Contra Costa local police are notified to facilitate transfer of custody to CFS.
• Fax a copy of the NOTES on the front of the Newborn Safe Surrender Kit to CFS.
• CFS contact information is in the Newborn Safe Surrender Kit
•Safely Surrender Baby Site Personnel at Hospitals…•However a safely surrendered infant arrives, receiving hospital personnel are responsible for making the proper notifications•Hospital or Emergency Department (ED) personnel are responsible for contacting CFS by phone and then faxing the completed NOTES section on front of surrender kit envelope •Calling is extremely important. NEVER rely on fax alone to contact CFS.•Take custody of the infant and immediately notify Children & Family Services and the local police by phone. Local police notification is required in Contra Costa to facilitate transfer of custody to CFS. The faxed NOTES is placed in the infant’s CFS permanent file.•All contact numbers and procedures are contained in the Newborn Safe Surrender Kit and available on the Contra Costa Health Services website at www.cchealth.org/topics/baby_safe
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Why is this important?
• You may have heard tragic stories of babies left in dumpsters or public toilets.
• The persons who committed these acts may have been under severe emotional distress.
• The mothers may have hidden their pregnancies, fearful of what would happen if their families found out.
They felt they had nowhere to turn for help, so they abandoned They felt they had nowhere to turn for help, so they abandoned their infantstheir infants
•The survival statistics for infants who are abandoned are dismal•This program gives desperate parents a safe and confidential option
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Case Study: Susan’s* StorySusan*, a 21‐year old single Asian woman, became pregnant by a casual
acquaintance she met at a fraternity party. Susan was a junior in college in New York and did not discover that she was pregnant until she was five months along and the father was nowhere to be found. She did not feel capable of having an abortion while carrying a 5‐month gestational fetus and struggled with what to do about her pregnancy. She realized that she would be returning to her family’s home for summer break near the time she was due and did not wanther parents to know of her pregnancy.
Susan returned to her parents’ home in an upper‐class suburb of Los Angeles when she was seven months’ pregnant. Although her parents observed her weight gain, she explained it as “dorm food” and her parents believed her. She was very confused and afraid, so she continued to hide her pregnancy. One day she began having some pain and decided she should go to a clinic to be examined. She was examined and the clinic doctor told her that she was only having some slight contractions. She did not put her correct name or address on the clinic forms and refused all offers of assistance. However, while at the clinic, she saw a poster that advertised “Safely Surrender Your Baby,” a law that would allow her to confidentially leave her baby at a hospital or fire station without prosecution for child abandonment.
•The following two case studies come from the Los Angeles County Safely Surrendered Baby Law—Training Curriculum•(*) Indicates that names have been changed •These cases come from real‐life situations. •Read each case and identify how the Safely Surrendered Baby Law made or could have made a difference.
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Susan’s Story ContinuedTwo months later Susan gave birth alone in her family’s bathroom while
her parents were at work. She wrapped her baby in a sheet and drove herself and her newborn daughter to a local hospital where she turned the baby over to an emergency room nurse. She asked the nurse what would happen to her baby and was told that the baby would be placed for adoption unless Susan returned within 14 days to reclaim the baby.
The nurse asked Susan to complete a medical form regarding her medical history so that the baby and the baby’s adoptive family would have this information and gave Susan an ID bracelet that would match her as the baby’s mother in the event she wished to reclaim the baby. Susan took the medical history form with her and left the hospital without obtaining recommended medical treatment for herself. Shewas afraid, but believed she was doing the right thing for her baby and herself. She completed the medical questionnaire at home andmailed it to the hospital in the envelope they had provided.
•Susan’s story continued
Susan’s Story Conclusion
Susan did not return to the hospital to reclaim her baby, and the baby was placed for adoption with a couple who had been approved by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Adoptions Division.
The couple had waited several years to adopt and was thrilled to adopt the baby, whom they named Nicolette.
They are grateful to Nicolette’s birth mother and were pleased to have medical information for their child; however, they wish the mother had provided identifying information to the adoption agency so thatNicolette could make connection with her birth relatives when she is older, if she desires to do so.
•Susan’s story continued
Case Study: Juana’s* Story
Juana*, a 19‐year old Latina, and her husband Frank, a 20‐year old African American, lived with Frank’s parents in a middle class neighborhood. Juana and Frank were married two years prior, shortly after Juana became pregnant with their daughter, Julie. Neither Juana’s or Frank’s parents were pleased when Juana became pregnant because the couple had plans to attend college, and these plans were thwarted by their early parenthood. Frank’s parents agreed to let the young couple and child live in their home but did not hesitate to express their displeasure that they had to financially support the couple.
Although Juana and Frank were careful, Juana again became pregnant. The couple was terrified that both sets of parents would be angry with them, as the couple could not afford to care for Julie let alone a new baby. Juana would not consider abortion as it violated her religious beliefs and, although the couple discussed adoption, they made no efforts to contact an adoption agency. They later stated that they “just wished it would go away.” They hid Juana’s pregnancy and told no one of her condition.
•Source: Los Angeles County Safely Surrendered Baby Law—Training Curriculum. •(*) Indicates that names have been changed •These cases come from real‐life situations.
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Juana’s Story Continued
Juana went into labor in her eighth month of pregnancy while Frank was out playing pool with friends. She gave birth by herself in her bathroom, cut the umbilical cord and wrapped her newborn son tightly in plastic bags to prevent him from crying. After her inlaws had gone to bed, she placed the plastic bag in a trash dumpster near their home.
The baby was found deceased in the dumpster by a transient who notified law enforcement. Coroner records indicate that the child died ofasphyxiation and caregiver neglect and the death was classified as a homicide. Juana was eventually located by police who traced her by way of a receipt found in the plastic bag in which the baby died. She was arrested for Penal Code 187, murder.
•Juana’s story continued
Social and Psychological Factors ofUnintended Pregnancy and Newborn Baby Abandonment
• The three scenarios are based upon real incidents and depict different outcomes to an unwanted pregnancy.
• The choices these women made have had a lasting impact on the health and well‐being of their babies as well as their own futures
• Studies conducted in Los Angeles on this population reveal the following – There is no generalized “profile” for parents/women who abandon
their newborn babies in an unsafe manner. – The abandonment and surrender of newborn babies have been
reported among girls and women of all reproductive ages, among all racial/ethnic groups and across all socio‐economic and educational levels.
– In some cases, there have been reports of fathers assisting in the abandonment or safe surrender of their babies.
Source: Los Angeles County Safely Surrendered Baby Law—Training Curriculum
•From the Los Angeles County Safely Surrendered Baby Law—Training Curriculum
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Know Your Role and Responsibilities
• Abandoning a baby puts the child in extreme danger. It is also illegal. Too often, it results in the baby's death.
• Because of the Safely Surrendered Baby Law, this tragedy doesn't ever have to happen in California again.
•Understanding the Safely Surrendered Baby Program Law is important.•This training is directed at providers whose responsibility it is to accept infants under the Safely Surrendered Baby Law.•As personnel supporting a Safely Surrender Site it is important to know your responsibilities.•Understand how to obtain and use the Safely Surrender Newborn Kit.•Be conscientious with your documentation, assuring parental confidentiality. •If you have a question contact your training officer.
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Post‐test Questions
1. Describe the Safe Surrender Law and its purpose.2. Identify the appropriate Safe Surrender Sites in Contra Costa County.
3. Describe the contents of a Safe Surrender Kit, proper storage and where to obtain replacement kits.
4. Describe the appropriate use of the Safe Surrender Newborn Kit.
5. Discuss the case studies presented and how the Safely Surrendered Baby Law influenced each case.
6. Describe what to do as a health care provider receiving a Safely Surrendered Baby.
•Now complete the posttest and submit to your training officer, manager or clinical educator.•You can find the answers to each of these questions by reviewing this self study power‐point or by obtaining an answer key from Contra Costa EMS.•Fire‐EMS Providers are encouraged to simulate a Safely Surrendered Baby Scenario using the Contra Costa County Safely Surrendered Baby Procedures.
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For More Safe Surrendered Baby Law Information
• Contra Costa County Health Services Safely Surrendered Baby Law website at http://www.cchealth.org/topics/baby_safe
• California Department of Social Services (CDSS) website for the Safely Surrendered Baby Law at http://www.babysafe.ca.gov.
• Safely Surrender outreach materials in English and Spanish are available for public education activities on these websites.
• For replacement Safely Surrender Newborn kits contact Contra Costa County Health Services’ Family,Maternal and Child Services at 925‐313‐6254
•For more information go to these websites.•Please direct comments or feedback about this training to to Contra Costa County Health Services’Family, Maternal and Child Health Services.
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