An?incubator is a heated bed covered by a clear plastic box that allows the baby to be kept warm without clothes so that they can be monitored very closely. Extra oxygen can be run into the incubator if needed. The levels of oxygen can be very closely controlled and monitored.
This is a special cover that is made to fit over an incubator to shield the baby from light and noise.
An infusion pump is like a syringe that provides fluids, medicine or nutrients directly into the blood. These can be given over a set period of time.
This is when an infant is partly helped to breathe by a ventilator, but can still take its own spontaneous breath.
A way of helping breathing mechanically.
This is a problem that affects babies born prematurely where there is bleeding into the ventricles of the brain. An IVH can be serious but in many cases it causes no long-term problems. IVHs are graded 1-4, according to their size, and are detected on an ultrasound scan. Grade 1 bleeds are quite common in premature babies and have no long-term consequences. Grade 4 bleeds (the most severe) involves bleeding into the brain tissue itself and may have consequences for the baby's future development.
IV lines?are the fine tubes that are sometimes inserted into a blood vessel - usually in a hand, foot, arm or leg -?in order to give fluid or medicine directly.
A way of supplying all the most vital nutrients directly into the blood by using a central line or via a plastic tube into a peripheral vein.
