A baby heater is an equipment used in medical specialties such as neonatology and pediatrics, specifically in neonatal intensive care units, in order to provide newborns with a comfortable thermal area that maintains their body temperature from 36 to 37 degrees thus providing a warm and welcoming environment that helps them maintain their body temperature, this because as soon as they are born, they lose a lot of body heat in the first hours, which can be very harmful for them.
When is a baby heater used?
These heaters are frequently used in delivery rooms and neonatal care units to simultaneously provide external heat and open access to newborns.
The maternal uterus is a natural incubator, so when a baby is born, it needs to be warmed up. Keeping a baby’s body temperature at normal levels is essential to maintaining their health. If this does not happen, they may experience hypothermia, which would impair all their bodily and organic functions.
Once birth occurs, babies are routinely placed under warm, radiant light, this helps stabilize their temperature until they can achieve self-regulation. Monitoring and resuscitation can be easily performed from the open access of an infant warmer, along with the necessary procedures.
Baby heaters are also used for critically ill patients who require constant nursing intervention.
How does a baby heater work?
In a baby heater the heat transfer is carried out mainly by thermal radiation; where the heat energy source is separated from the heat receptor and this (heat) is transmitted through the air in the form of electromagnetic waves.
The way this heater works and its structure facilitate quick access to the child and even observe it directly. At the same time they provide continuous heat to keep the baby’s temperature stable.
Parts of a baby heater
These medical devices are heating units, made up of a heat source, a skin temperature sensor, a servo control unit, and visual and audible alarms. A baby warmer is often made up of three blocks:
- Heat source
- Control unit
- Support platform
A baby heater is controlled by a microcontroller. Normally manufactured in 3 blocks, the first is made up of incandescent lamps, diffusers and the heat source that can be ceramic, quartz or infrared light. On the other hand, there is the control unit, both of the manual heater and the servo controlled control and alarms. Finally, we have the platform, in which the Rx plate chassis holder, the mattress and others are displayed.
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