Radiant Warmer

A radiant warmer is a device used to maintain the body temperature of the newborn and thus play an essential role in influencing oxygen consumption, apnea and acid base balance.

The infrared heat is preferable because it directly warms the subject without affecting the temperature of intervening environment. Open care system is equipped; with an overhead radiant warmer and skin thermister with servo- control is becoming increasingly popular and preferred aver an isolette incubator because of easy access to infant and less chances of nosocomial infection.

1) Hood - Hood contains the radiant heat panel. The radiant heat panel will automatically turn on and off to maintain the infants temperature as desired by temperature control and thermister attached to the infant.

2) Panels - There are four panels, two sides panels, head and foot panel.

3) Bassinet procedure table - The bassinet may be placed in varying levels of fowlers or trendelenburg position by squeezing the handle under the tabletop.

4) Storage area - Linen and equipment necessary for the individual care of infant may be stored here.

5) Control panel

a) Off-on switch - Turn power on or off.

b) Power light- Amber light illuminated when power is on.

c) Set temperature - Set the temperature between 36" C- 36.5" C radiant energy is maintained at a level that will maintain the desired skin temperature.

Skin sensor probe - It is fixed to the abdominal skin midway between umbilicus and xiphisternum. The skin sensor feeds the information
regarding temperature of the baby to thermostat, which automatically regulates the output of the heat to maintain desired skin temperature.

Heater output - Provides information regarding the amount of heat generated by the incubator\warmer to keep the infant normeothermic.

Visible/Audible alarm speaker - Red light flashes/Emits audible alarm when temperature measured by thermister is 1°C set temperature i.e. 36.0^o-36.5^oC.