why do the babies chests thump?

[NeoRNtobe]

I volunteer in a NICU stepdown but got a chance to see the Level 3 NICU the other day. I must say nothing I imagined compared to the NICU babies I saw. I was wondered why were some of the babies chests thumping? They were on some machine that caused this. I thought it had to do with gaseous exchanges..is that right?

I thought I wanted to work in NICU but it blew me away...did any current NICU nurses feel this way?

[NeoRNtobe]

hey everyone,

thanks so much for the responses. I will tell my roommate what was said here. Hopefully she can use this and some of the links posted. Thanks again!