Sensors that save the lives of premature born babies

Premature birth is always a risk. And it does not matter whether they occurred spontaneously or were caused by artificial means to save the life of the mother and child in severe pathologies. Fortunately, today medicine is at such a level that doctors are able to save and go out a child born with a weight of 500 grams.

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 pulse oximetry sensors that need to be purchased in 4 Ukrainian hospitals, where every day the lives of small Ukrainian people are saved. Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Perinatal Center (Department of Intensive Care and Neonatal Intensive Care), Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Children's Clinical Hospital (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), Sumy Oblast Clinical Children's Hospital (Department of Preterm Infantile Pathology) and Chernivtsi Regional Children's Clinical Hospital newborns) are really waiting for your help!

The aim of the project is to acquire 28 sensors, which will be transferred to 4 hospitals. Support little patients!