Running for the sake of saving little lives

Inna Martynyuk, a teacher of Kiev University of Tourism, Economics, and Law, has joined Svichado fund's team for the sake of saving prematurely born children, little patients of Rivne Regional Children's Hospital. "Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon 2017" - Life begins with the first step. I RUN! I devote my running to preterm born children, who are so eager to make their first steps and need our help right now. I run for life to go on. Dream it. Believe it. Run it. Get it".

During the Charity Marathon within the Wizz Air Kiyv City Marathon 2017, Inna is fundraising for the purchase of pulse oximetry sensors for the Department of Premature Newborns. Premature babies are born with underdeveloped organs and systems not yet adapted to function outside the womb of the mother. Against this background, almost always develop any complications. The life of a child is completely dependent on modern medical equipment and a monitoring system for each change in the current state.

A pulse oximeter is a medical device that fully controls the state of the child when nursing. He has a special sensor that attaches to the baby and keeps track of how many percents of the blood is saturated with oxygen. A doctor or nurse, with such data, can adjust the percentage of oxygen that is fed to the child, depending on the individual needs of each child. Still very important is that premature babies often experience breathing (apnea). They can be physiological, due to immaturity, and pathological. This condition can be fatal, and with the pulse oximeter signal, breathing delay can be recognized immediately and take the necessary measures to allow the child to start breathing again. In addition, the pulse oximeter shows the child's heart rate, just extremely important in nursing preterm infants. After all, immature children often have arrhythmias (interruptions in the heart), which are very difficult to diagnose without monitoring. That is, it is impossible to care for a premature baby without observing extremely important indicators, such as oxygen saturation and heart rate.

It is these special sensors of pulse oximetry to be purchased at the Rivne Regional Children's Hospital, where every day the lives of small patients are saved! Therefore, we ask you to support Inna's project and help purchase the necessary equipment!