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| Biliblanket |
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performs the same function as phototherapy lights by removing the bilirubin
from your baby's blood. Your baby doesn't need to wear protective eye covers
when lying on this blanket. |
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| Blood Pressure Monitor | ||||
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The small
cuff around your baby's arm or leg measures their blood pressure. Sometimes,
for continuous measurement, a tiny catheter is inserted into your baby's
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Cardiac monitor |
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The monitor displays
the heart rate of your baby, these monitors will sound an alarm if your
baby's heart rate drops below 100 beats per minute or is above 200 beats
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| Endotracheal Tube | ||||
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The ventilator allows
a breath to be delivered directly to your baby's lungs. The endotracheal
tube is secured by tape and goes from your baby's mouth or nose into the
windpipe. The tube passes through the vocal cords so you will not be able
to hear the baby cry until it is removed. |
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| Incubator or Isolette |
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The incubator provides
a warm and humidified environment for your baby. It will automatically warm
up or cool down, according to your baby's temperature (if the baby has a
skin temperature probe). The small probe on your baby's skin monitors her
temperature. |
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| Intravenous pumps & tubes | ||||
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The IV provides nutrition
and medication to your baby. The most common sites for IV's are your baby's head, hands or feet. The pump is set to administer the prescribed rate of fluid at an hourly rate. |
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| Nasal CPAP |
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Continuous Positive
Airway Pressure. This also helps your baby breath by providing small amounts of air and oxygen to your baby and by maintaining a small amount of continuous pressure in the baby's lungs. |
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| Nasal Gastric Tube or Feeding Tube | ||||
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| Nasal Prongs |
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These little prongs
sit inside your baby's nostrils and provide very low amounts of oxygen . |
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| Oxyhood |
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This small plastic
hood covers your baby's head and helps provide a stable humidified oxygen
environment for your baby. |
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| Oxygen saturation monitors | ||||
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This machine monitors
oxygen at the skin of your baby. The oxygen measurement is different from the pulse oximeter that's why the numbers on the monitor are different. This machine can measure both oxygen and carbon dioxide. (Some babies do only Oxygen saturation, others do both) |
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| Phototherapy Lights |
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These lights help
to break down the bilirubin in your baby's blood. They are placed over and
around your baby's incubator and your baby's eyes are covered with protective
patches. Overhead for single and overhead and around for double phototheraphy. |
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| Pulse Oximeter | ||||
| ____ | This measures your
baby's blood oxygen. The tiny light measures the amount of oxygen that is
being carried in your baby's red blood cells and displays it on the monitor.
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| Respirators |
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| Respiratory monitor | ||||
| ____ | This monitor displays
your baby's breathing rate. It is quite common for premature babies to stop
breathing for more than 20 seconds. The alarm on the monitor will sound
during one of these spells. |
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| Temperature Probe |
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The coated wire attached
to your baby's skin measures his temperature and helps to regulate the required
temperature of the isolette. |
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| UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter) | ||||
| ____ | Umbilical artery catheter.
A small plastic tube inserted into the blood vessel in the baby's umbilicus
allows fluid to be given and blood to be taken without extra needle pricks.
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| Ultrasound (head) |
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| ____ | This standard test
takes an ultrasound image of your baby's brain to check for areas of bleeding
from weakened or broken blood vessels. |
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| UVC (Umbilical Venous Catheter) | ||||
| ____ | Umbilical venous catheter.
A small plastic tube inserted into the blood vessel in the baby's umbilicus
allows blood and fluid to be taken for tests easily without extra needle
pricks. |
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| Ventilators or Respirators |
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These machines help
your baby breath. Many premature babies have trouble breathing due to underdeveloped
lungs. The ventilator/respirator can do all of your baby's breathing for
them, or just part of it. |
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