by littlepeach

we are in the process of picking a few new nicu warmers. we have looked at new giraffes and pandas. however our unit is on the fence about having them with neopuff (t piece oxygen) or just regular bag hookups. do any of ya'll have any particular preferences? or do ya'll just deal with whatever you have? a few of the nurses have had some major opinions both ways.

Re: new warmers

The Neopuff is SO much easier than a bag. You can ventilate your baby with one hand. Great for when you have to move your pt.

Re: new warmers

We have a couple of Giraffes, they are great for the little ones, especially as our neos like to humidify the babies. I wouldn't want just Giraffes, though. They are expensive, and take a long time to clean properly.

We have mostly Ohmeda warmers. They have some design flaws, e.g. the "On" switch is on the side but way back behind the support, and not always easy to reach. They go up high, but not low enough for short nurses! We recently got a couple of Pandas, and we will be using the Neopuff more. L&D is planning to go to total Neopuff next year.

Maybe you could split the purchase, and get some of each!

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In my unit we have the giraffe Ohmedas and the Omni's. We love the Omni's and are going to trade some of the Ohmedas for Omni's. I haven;t seen the Pandas

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We have mostly Giraffes and Omnibeds....

If a baby HAS to be in a warmer (only GI silo kids, ECMOs and cardiacs) we have a mix of the Ohmedas and Air-Shields. All our kids except for the aforementioned ones go in an isolette ASAP.

We use neopuff in our Transitional Nursery (stabilization unit on L&D) but it wouldn't be cost effective to have them on every warmer. We have two of them on rolling poles if we need to move them.