Infant warmers play a critical role in neonatal health care systems. They allow neonates born prematurely or with other health concerns to maintain an ideal body temperature and prevent hypothermia which could pose serious health concerns if untreated immediately. Learn about different infant heating products available here to keep skin temperature constant with this blog post!
Understanding Infant Warmers
Infant warmers help regulate and maintain a newborn’s body temperature by preventing radiant heat loss. With such small bodies and little body fat to retain heat, newborns are vulnerable to rapid heat loss; infant warmers serve as an efficient method for keeping newborns warm and safe from further heat loss. They’re an important tool in keeping critically ill newborns warm as well.
Infant warmers come in various forms, from radiant heaters and incubators to localized heel warmers and radiant floor heat pads. Each type has its own purpose depending on what works best for the infant and medical environment in which he or she lives.
How Do Infant Warmers Work?
Radiant Warmers
Radiant heaters use infrared to provide thermal support. Often utilized when immediate access to an infant is necessary; radiant warmers for infants aim to ensure comfort, warmth and safety during hospital stays.
Incubator Warmers
Incubators provide a controlled environment in which temperature and humidity can be managed easily, offering protection from external temperature changes while maintaining an ideal internal climate for infants. Our neonatal transportation incubators all come equipped with skin temperature sensors for monitoring infant skin temperature while transport. Added heat can be added when necessary for healthy thermoregulation both inside the hospital as well as when in transport mode; incubator warmers stand out as their tight control ensures an ideal thermoregulation environment compared with other forms of heaters.
Localized Warmers Its Localized heaters such as heels warmers are designed to target specific parts of an infant’s body for enhanced blood circulation and temperature regulation, making medical tasks such as drawing blood easier. Available in various sizes and shapes to conform best with an infant’s heel, these localized warmers help ensure heat is directed where needed.
International Biomedical offers infant warming products.
Infant Heel Warmers are one-use, small devices used to heat an infant’s heels prior to procedures such as blood sampling. Squeezing or snapping it generates heat which then helps increase blood flow to make blood sampling simpler for infants. Neonatal care professionals find these effective yet simple products invaluable as it speeds up procedures quickly.
Baby Heel Snuggler
Infant Heel Snuggler provides gentle, constant warmth by conforming to baby’s heel. Foot wraps emit a controlled amount of heat to dilate blood vessels in their feet. It comes in the shape of a butterfly with two perforated soft straps to provide secure and comfortable fits while medical staff perform tasks more easily while infant is at ease.
Heating Mattress provides consistent and even heat to infants in various clinical settings. This warming mattress can help newborns at risk of hypothermia to stay warm. Warming mattress works by evenly dispersing heat across its entire surface ensuring comfort during stay in incubators, radiant heaters or open beds.
Use Infant Warmers to Combat Hypothermia
Baby warmers can help combat hypothermia in newborns by maintaining an even body temperature throughout birth – this is especially important for preterm babies or those born underweight.
Infant Warmers Can Improve Procedure Outcomes
Infant warmers like the Infant Heel Snuggler can improve blood circulation to specific areas of the foot and leg, improving medical procedures. Healthcare professionals find them easier and less painful when performing heel pricks on patients using these warmers.
Warmers Are Key for Infant Comfort
Baby warmers help ensure that infants remain warm and relaxed throughout medical procedures, which allows doctors to carry out procedures with greater success without straining their patience or distressing the infants.
Equip Your With Infant Warmers
Infant warmers play a critical role in providing safe and comfortable care to newborns. From heating mattresses and incubators, to locally-specific solutions like CNMEDITECH, infant warmers play an integral part in providing warm temperatures needed to keep newborns warm and safe.