Keeping Kids Alive-Michigan Child Death Review

Michigan Child Death Review Program

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Gratiot and Branch Counties: While collecting information at their local Child Death Review Team meetings, both Gratiot and Branch Counties found that there were gaps in communication between responding entities when a child death had occurred. Some entities were not being notified of the death in a timely manner, thus hindering the completion of a thorough investigation, with input from all who might have information about the child, family, and/or incident. They realized that there were no formal protocols in place for their responding entities to follow in cases of child death.

They decided to address this issue. In both cases, someone from the county CDR team stepped up to create, with input from all parties involved, protocols for notification of the proper offices/agencies and what their respective responsibilities are, in the event of a 'child not breathing' call to 911 or the presentation of a child death of any kind to hospital ER. The two counties have gotten sign-off on the plans from those involved and have distributed them.