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Incubator Care
Incubator Care
Incubator Care
incubator care:
Indications:
Indication of incubation care depends on ability of neonates to sustain
and
adopt in external environment. But generally all premature babies.
1. babies with low birth weight(<1000g) may be stable.
2. hypothermic child (<32c).
.3. Sick children need care
Purpose:
Main purpose of keeping and caring a neonate in incubator are.
1. Maintenance of thermo neutral ambient temperature.
2. Provision of desired humidity and oxygenation.
3. Observation of very sick neonates.
4. Isolation newborn babies from infections, unfavorable external
.environment and stimulations
Types:
1. Portable and non portable Portable incubation can be used to shift
the patient toanother area of hospital as needed.
2500<
1st day
0.5 35.0
0.5 34.3
1.0 33.4
1.0 33.0
2nd Day
0.5 34.5
0.5 33.7
1.0 32.7
1.0 32.0
3rd Day
0.5 34.5
0.5 33.5
1.0 33.0
1.0 32.0
4th Day
and later
0.5 33.5
0.5 32.8
1.0 32.2
1.0 31.5
Procedure Warm and oxygenate the incubator as you receive the message of
expected arrival of neonate, generally 10-15 minutes earlier.
Check the physicians order.
Explain the needs of incubator care to the parents of neonate.
Adjust the incubation parameters and maintain, follow the chart.
. Remove the cloths of the neonate and place inside the incubator
Special considerations :
1. It is important that the incubator should not interfere with
observation of the neonate and quality of care.
2. Sensory stimuli like light and pain should be kept to the minimal.
3. When neonate develops fever, the incubator modes have to be
changed in normal modes.
4. When the neonate is nursed in prone position, skin sensor is placed
over the flank and it should not touch the bed.
5. The neonate in the incubator should not be bathed.
.6. No alarm should be ignored