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Drager Caleo
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Drager Caleo Features Designed to align with developmental care guidelines, Caleo takes into account the critical importance of sound and light levels in the incubator, as well as positioning to envelop the baby in a safe and stable nurturing zone. Caleo also offers kangaroo mode that allows you to monitor the baby’s temperature during skin-to-skin care. Family-centered care can provide significant benefits for the infant, including improved well-being, better mental health outcomes, decreased length of stay, and enhanced parent-infant bonding. True thermoregulation means that the temperature and humidity remain stable in the baby compartment – even when the doors are open for procedures. Because Caleo provides a secure thermo-neutral zone, it enables preterm infants to devote their energy on growth and development – rather than on reacting to an unstable environment. Options for Nursing and Therapy Convective heat therapy through control of incubator air temperature or infant skin temperature Humidification of the incubator air O2 therapy through controlled elevation of the O2 concentration in the patient environment Nursery and intensive care via hand ports or two large access doors Pivoting bed for raising and lowering the infant’s head (Trendelenburg and anti-Trendelenburg position) With Monitoring For... Air temperature Skin temperature Relative humidity O2 concentration Weight Drager Caleo Specifications Dimensions Incubator (width x depth) 1167 mm x 687 mm (45.9” x 27.0”) Height overall with height adjustable column 1220 mm to 1520 mm (48.0” x 59.8”) Height overall with fixed column 1270 mm / 1370 mm / 1470 mm (50” / 53.9” / 57.9”) Height of mattress surface (variable height) 800 mm (31.5”) to 1100 mm (43.3”) Height of mattress surface (fixed height) 875 mm (34.4”) / 950 mm (37.4”) / 1050 mm (41.3”), depending on fixed height column installed Bed (width x depth) 645 mm x 500 mm (25.4” x 19.7”) Weight Overall weight max. 230 kg (507 lbs) Basic configuration 130 kg (286.6 lbs) Overall load capacity 66 kg (142.5 lbs)
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General Information About Incubators What is an incubator? Used mainly to keep a baby’s core temperature stable at 37 degrees Celsius. Also humidifies the air Can add extra oxygen. Physiology Core temperature of the body needs to be kept at a constant temperature of 37 degrees Celsius If temperature goes too high or too low - organs can be damaged Premature babies have undeveloped nervous systems and also lack the energy to regulate their own temperature – need for an incubator Small babies can be given small amount of food for growing. Need for use of all of their energy for growth rather than wasting it on keeping warm - so sometimes incubator is used to help them grow faster Parameters Controlled Temperature Oxygen Humidity levels Indications of Use Prematurity Congenital feebleness - Infants of fair size are sometimes born weak and with poor resistance, shown by subnormal temperature, slight cyanosis, tendency to edema Edema - Premature infants are not seldom subject to a general edema, beginning at the feet. Incubator is the quickest way to relieve the condition Cyanosis, with or without edema, due to feeble circulation, is very common with small infants, and sometimes present with those at full term. Warm, moistened, oxygenated air of incubator does wonders in these cases Subnormal temperature After difficult operative deliveries, the baby is often in a condition of shock leading to asphyxia. Violent efforts to revive it should be limited to a minimum, and the infant placed as soon as possible in the incubator Working with an Incubator The temperature in the incubator is increased/decreased by a heater element below the mattress in the chamber Motor driven fan near the heater draws in fresh air through a filter and blows it past the heater, warming the air Air is directed up through slots into the area above the mattress and circulated around Air temperature is monitored by temperature sensors (Air Temperature Sensor) and is adjusted by controlling the current to the heater Incubator can also monitor the baby’s skin temperature by using a skin temperature probe (Patient Probe), which is stuck onto the skin User can either set the incubator to control the temperature of the air or to control the temperature of the baby’s skin (servo control mode) Supplementary oxygen can be taken in by an oxygen inlet connection where it is mixed with the fresh air through the filter Humidity can be increased by the use of water baths (passive humidification) or by dripping water on a heated element (active humidification) Baby is cared for through special access doors called arm ports. Types of Incubator Regular Incubators Where there is minimal mobility Used in hospitals Clinics Transport Incubators An advance infant health care equipment for the care of infant patients Typically include an incubator provided with a wheeled base which is equipped with life support and monitoring instrumentation, oxygen tanks and other emergency care supplies Used for moving ill or injured infants to hospital and have proven valuable in sustaining the lives of infants during transport Used in Ambulances, Air Planes etc. for transport of infant