Concord Birth Trolley – newborn stabilisation table. Price including extras EUR 40 596.

While we’re used to having the umbilical cord cut for term babies once the blood flow has stopped, it’s more complicated for premature babies. They need rapid action after birth – support for breathing from the first seconds of life, help to maintain body temperature and an overall safe place to be treated (a premature baby cannot be kept on the mother’s breast for long periods after birth as he or she will rapidly cool down and cannot breathe). The late closure of the umbilical cord (min. 60 seconds after birth) has many beneficial effects for premature babies as the newborn receives extra blood from the placenta.

Meaning:

  • better blood circulation stability after birth;
  • a higher haemoglobin value, which in turn reduces the need for transfusions;
  • reduced incidence of intracerebral haemorrhage;
  • reduced incidence of severe enterocolitis (necrotising enterocolitis).

Throughout the entire procedure, there is everything you need to help – breathing support, continuous monitoring of vital signs, additional warming. An important added value is that the device allows the baby to be close to the mother – the mother can see and touch the baby. For staff, there is a free working space for three people around the table, allowing several people to be present to stabilise the premature baby.

Open incubator Fabie. Price EUR 24 110.

At the beginning of the year we helped the Neonatology Department of Tartu University Hospital to acquire two open incubators. They were very well welcomed by parents and staff alike, and today the department is dreaming of another one.

The open incubator Fabie keeps the premature baby at the right temperature and can quickly raise or lower the temperature according to the baby’s body temperature. This innovative feature is possible thanks to a special skin sensor that allows the table to regulate its own temperature.

The design of the incubator allows parents to interact with their baby more easily and confidently: it is easier to touch, talk to and change nappies. It’s easy to move the incubator with the baby to the parents’ rest area in the treatment room, further strengthening the bond between the whole family.

The ergonomic design of the open incubator also makes it friendly for nurses and doctors, and it can be used as an intensive care table if needed.

Phototherapy device BiliCocoon. Two units needed, price of one €6741.

Blue fluorescent lamps are used to treat newborn jaundice: they help to lower bilirubin levels in the newborn’s body. The fetus has more red blood cells in its blood before birth than later in life, and the life expectancy of red blood cells is shorter in the first days of life. After birth, the red blood cells begin to break down and a bile pigment – bilirubin – is formed in the blood. The liver of a newborn baby has to cope with 2-3 times more strain than in the fetal stage in order to excrete the bilirubin released by the breakdown of red blood cells. Phototherapy or light therapy is an effective treatment.

The Bilicocoon therapy system has a large radiating surface that surrounds the infant 360 degrees, making the therapy very effective.

Heating bed for twins Kanmed. Price EUR 11 199

The neonatology department of the UT Hospital needs a warming bed for twins where babies can be together. Until now, the twins have been placed in separate beds.

The bed comes with a heating device with a gel mattress, which allows the temperature in the bed to be adjusted to suit the newborns.

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It is only thanks to the kind donors and supporters that these devices reach the children’s departments of the Hospital to save lives. You can help by making a donation to one of the Foundation’s donation accounts and indicating the name of the device the donation is intended.

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