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The Incubator Continuous Positive Airway The Nasogastric and Orogastric
The incubator or isolette is used to help your baby stay warm. Most
Pressure Tubes
premature babies have little to no body fat, so this incubator helps your These tubes are used primarily on premature babies who cannot eat or
The CPAP, is when small tubes are inserted in your baby's nostrils, and a
baby maintain a level body temperature. Sometimes, when a child has drink on their own. The nasogastric tube goes in through the nose, while the
machine pumps air into them to keep air flowing into your baby's lungs.
jaundice, bili lights will be placed over the incubator, these are blue lights. orogastric tube goes in through the mouth. Both then go through the
Sometimes, when your baby is under developed an endotracheal tube will
Jaundice is when the child's body has too much bilirubin, a substance esophagus and into the stomach. Breast milk, nutrients, and medicine can
be inserted through the nose or mouth into the trachea to help your baby
formed in the liver. This results in their skin having a yellow tone. be put through these tubes.
breathe. These tubes are connected to a mechanical ventilator, which helps

your baby breathe. 

Carbon Dioxide Monitor

Heart Monitor Respirator
The transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide monitor measures the

amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in a baby's skin. A small circular pad

is taped on the baby's skin. The pad warms a small area of skin underneath
The cardiorespiratory monitor is used to monitor your baby's heart and The respirator or mechanical ventilator, a machine that helps your baby
and measures oxygen, carbon dioxide, or both. A wire connects the pad to
breathing rates. This machine is connected to your baby by adhesives breathe or breathes for him when he’s not breathing on his own. It
the monitor and displays the levels. Because the transcutaneous monitor
on their chest, abdomen, and leg.The green line, on top, will tell you works by pushing warm air and oxygen into the lungs through a
heats the skin, it must be moved to different places on the baby's skin
your baby's heart rate, while the one under it will tell your baby's breathing tube called an endotracheal tube. The provider sets the amount
periodically. These patches can leave small, red dots on the skin, but will
oxygen levels, which can be referred to as the SATs. The white line is of oxygen, air pressure and number of breaths per minute for your baby.
eventually fade. 
the respiratory rate, which will tell you how often your baby's chest is

rising. Many times, this machine makes the most amount of alarms.

With this it is telling the nurse that your baby is either okay or needs

help. If you hear these alarms, just check on your baby and make sure

they are pink, and you will know that they are okay and the alarm went

off due to the baby wiggling.

Pulse Oximeter Apnea Monitor

The pulse oximeter is a machine the measures the amount of oxygen in

your baby's blood. It is wrapped around your baby's foot and does not This machine monitors your baby's breathing. If your baby stops

cause them any harm. This machine can make "false alarms" due to the breathing, a loud alarm will go off and nurses will come to help.

baby wiggling. The nurse will know if there is something wrong and will

immediately come help if they see something is not right.