Advanced Treatments and Technologies - NICU

Advanced Treatments and Technologies – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Imagine…
Your unborn baby needs to be delivered three-and-a-half months early.

When born, your baby is only one pound, six ounces and needs machines to help her breathe, eat and keep her body warm.

For more than 300 families in Southeastern Wisconsin each year, Columbia St. Mary’s Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides life-saving care to premature and sick infants. Facing issues ranging from jaundice to slow growth to decreased heart and lung function, the dedicated physicians and nurses of the NICU focus all of their attention on our smallest and most vulnerable patients.

Imagine…
You are a neonatologist caring for these delicate infants.

You’ve discovered that one of your patients has an artery in her heart that hasn’t closed properly and is causing strain on her heart and increasing the blood pressure to the arteries of her lungs.

This condition – called patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) – occurs most often in preterm babies. Efforts are made to encourage the artery to close naturally or with the use of medication, but for some infants surgery is required.

Imagine…
You are a neonatal surgeon who must perform surgery to close this artery in a heart the size of a walnut.

Your “operating room” is limited to the confines of an incubator.

Columbia St. Mary’s NICU realizes the crucial importance of having the most technologically advanced equipment available to ensure that every caregiver can provide the best and safest evaluation, diagnosis and treatment possible.

The Giraffe® Omnibed® is the most advanced incubator available today. The OmniBed features a rotating bed so the caregiver can position the bed according to height and comfort, an elevating hood to provide instant and uncompromised access to the baby, and an integrated weight scale and x-ray cassette tray, all that help ensure minimal disturbance to the baby, who needs as much rest as possible.

This past year, Columbia St. Mary’s Foundation funded a new Giraffe Omnibed for the NICU, advancing the care we provide and ensuring the highest quality of treatment for you and your baby, if the need arises.

Imagine…
Because of the advanced care and compassion provided at Columbia St. Mary’s, you finally get to bring your healthy baby home and can experience a lifetime full of watching her hopes and dreams become a reality.

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