Care for Smaller, Sicker Babies
Equipment |
Features/Purpose |
Advantages |
Comprehensive ventilators
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Precision gas delivery system supplies accurate volumes. Precise flow metering. Active exhalation valve encourages ventilatory synchrony. |
Protects the premature infant’s fragile pulmonary system. |
CPAP ventilator
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Ventilator provides nasal continuous positive airway pressure. |
Prevents reintubation. |
Physiologic monitors
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Bedside monitors for heart, respiration, blood pressure and saturation levels. |
Portable, modular, adaptable at bedside. |
Omnibeds
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For babies weighing less than 800 grams or critically ill full-term babies. Bed can be “closed” or can open to a radiant warmer when caregivers need full access to baby. Phototherapy lights, humidity control, procedure light, scale. |
Creates the most developmentally supportive micro-environment available. Eliminates stress of moving infants from bed to bed. |
Incubators |
Double-walled and capable of providing humidified environment for the stable and growing premature baby. Scale and phototherapy lights. |
Ideal healing environment for intensively ill infants. |
NIRS (Near Infrared Spectroscopy)
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Measures continuous oxygen levels in the brain, kidneys, and intestines.
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Enables proactive treatment before problems arise.
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Brain Cooling
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The cool cap device is used to cool the infant’s brain.
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Provides hypothermia and reduces potential brain damage to infants born with perinatal depression. |
Syringe infusion pumps
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Micro-infusion of calculated drips and small-volume infusions. |
Precision and control. |
Digital Echo
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Images of cardiac studies can be transmitted digitally for accurate and timely diagnosis of heart defects in newborns. |
Enables real-time cardiac consultations with pediatric cardiologists. |
Oscillator ventilators
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For very premature and very ill full-term babies. Oscillator keeps lungs open with constant positive pressure and vibrates the air at a very high rate. Vibration helps gases to quickly diffuse in and out of baby’s airways without need for a “bellows” action that may damage delicate lung structures.
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Allows early, lung-protective intervention in treatment of respiratory failure.
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Brain monitor
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Detects changes and abnormalities in the cerebral function of neonates at bedside.
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Provides real-time neurological information in NICU 24/7.
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Transport incubator and ventilator |
Oscillator capability as well as nitric-oxide delivery system. |
Like a small, self-contained intensive-care unit on wheels. |
Radiant warmers
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Open bed provides continuous heat to very unstable or extremely premature babies. |
Open warmer allows caregivers easy access to the baby from all sides. |
Retinal imaging system |
Digital imaging and tracking system for staging and zoning of retinopathy of prematurity and other pediatric eye diseases. |
Mobile system, entire exam in just a few minutes (as few as 5 photos). |
Hearing screeners
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Universal screening for hearing deficits. |
Screens both ears at same time. |
Breast pumps
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Two-phase pumping system allows mothers to provide expressed breast milk (gold standard for feeding practice).
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Initial, rapid rhythm slows to deeper rhythm for efficient milk expression. |