Overview
Transporting newborn infants requires an environment that will keep them safe and secure, and the only way to guarantee a warm environment for the baby without using a physically large and heavy transport incubator. These cumbersome incubators can be expensive, require dedicated vehicles and electricity supply in order to operate.The revolutionary Baby Pod range provides the security and warmth that a newborn needs, at a fraction of the cost of a standard transport incubator, in a light, easy to handle, and can attach to any transport stretcher available. Using the same technology, materials and design features that protect Formula 1 racing car drivers from injury during a crash, the Baby Pod range is the safest bet.
The Baby Pod 2
The Baby Pod 2 infant transport device was developed to fill a requirement for a safety-focus, easily manageable solution for inter/intra-hospital of neonates, applying the same practices of patient-safety, warmth and comfort to provide much needed solutions in other areas of in-hospital neonatal care. Typically, in the event of a road traffic accident, a conventional transport incubator could break free from its mounting, endangering the lives of both the patient and the crew members. The Baby Pod 2’s carbon/ composite fibre construction allows for a transport device with dramatically reduced weight from a typical solution.
Features
The Baby Pod 2 has been tested with an acceleration of 1okg in all directions representing a crash at 55 kilometres per hour (30 mph) and is the only transport device world-wide tested and approved to this standard. Inside the unit, the infant is comfortably secured in position by a vacuum mattress and soft infant positioning straps. The vacuum is moulded around the patient then the air is removed with the aid of a vacuum pump to hold the mattress in shape. This provides a soft, yet rigid support for the infant during transit.
Ventilators and oxygen therapy equipment can be easily attached to the pod using custom designed brackets with access ports allowing tubing and direct patient contact without every opening the pod. Warmth is provided by the clinically proven TransWarmer ® Infant Transport Mattress. This unique exothermic gel, mattress provides a constant 38°C (100˚F) temperature for up to two hours.
The Baby Pod 2 weighs only 9.5kg and is intended for the infants up to 8 kg allowing a single person to easily lift and maneuver the pod.
Baby Pod 2 is completely non-metallic, X-ray translucent and MRI compatible. It consists of a lightweight carbon fibre outer shell, which is lined with shock absorbent foam inner layers and has a transparent lid for viewing and accessibility.
Ventilator and additional equipment
Additional components can easily be mounted to the unit itself or stretcher on which the Baby Pod 2 is secured for transfer to the ambulance vehicle. Optional brackets to the mount syringe drivers, pumps and ventilators are available. This additional equipment can be mounted on the head or foot end of the pod with access through scientific slots in the lid. A flexible, multi-directional holder inside the Baby Pod 2, helps keep the tubing for this additional equipment in the place within the pod environment.
Specifications
- Infant Weight Limit
2 – 8kg - Dimensions
1026 x 470 x 280mm (L x W x H) - Weight
10.6kg without patient - Materials
Carbon fibre, PETG - Standard Compliance
CEN 1789
(Exceeds 10kg in 6 directions)