New facilities aimed to help infants with low birth weight or congenital defect

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University of Mississippi eGrove University of Mississippi News 6-11-2016 UMMC Neonatal Suite, Simulation Area Give Babies Best Possible Start Annie Oeth Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews Recommended Citation Oeth, Annie, "UMMC Neonatal Suite, Simulation Area Give Babies Best Possible Start" (2016). University of Mississippi News. 3427. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews/3427 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Mississippi News by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. Search this website … SearchNurse practitioners Diane Dukes, left, and Melanie Ellisshow the new neonatal resuscitation area, whichincludes state-of-the-art Giraffe beds and other life-saving equipment.UMMC Neonatal Suite, Simulation Area Give Babies BestPossible StartNew facilities aimed to help infants with low birth weight or congenital defectsJUNE 11, 2016 BY ANNIE OETHJACKSON, Miss. – About 2,500 babies are bornat the University of Mississippi MedicalCenter each year, but approximately one-thirdof them will need intervention at birth due to lowbirth weight, congenital defects or distress.To give them the best start in life, the MadisonCharitable Foundation donated more than$250,000 to create a new neonatal suite and asimulation lab that helps future and currentmedical professionals hone their skills to beready for newborns. The suite and lab bothopened in May.The suite will provide a space where infants in need of intervention can be warmed and, if needed,resuscitated in the same bed they’ll be in at the neonatal intensive care unit nearby.“This generous gift from the Madison Charitable Foundation has made sure the latest equipment toresuscitate babies is just steps away from them,” said Dr. Renate Savich, professor of pediatrics andchief of the Division of Newborn Medicine. “The infants never have to move from bed to bed, and they arenot cold or stressed.”Organization in the new space has been aided by new carts and shelving, and a blanket warmer helpsinfants stay warm in those first few minutes of life. A wider door makes sure medical professionals canaccess their young patients quickly.The previous resuscitation space adjacent to the labor and delivery area where the highest risk babiesare born was crowded and not designed for modern standards of care, Savich said.Neonatal resuscitation has made significant advances in recent years, Savich said. Having beds thatcan accommodate the latest in medical equipment and ease babies’ transitions from birthing suite toNICU will allow UMMC to offer state-of-the-art care.The simulation lab’s focus is a “newborn” that has a heartbeat, “breathes” and can go into all manner ofdistress. The medical professionals who come to this high-tech mannequin’s aid get to prepare forneonatal medical emergencies before they happen by treating this little one.“Pilots don’t prepare for emergencies in real jets,” Savich said. “They train on simulators. This allows usto do the same thing, so when an infant is in distress, we are prepared.”Cameras are in place so video can be replayed and analyzed, she said.A foundation focused on donating funds to help people in need without publicity or recognition, theMadison Charitable Foundation was formed in 2007 when native Mississippian Wiley Hatcher soldUniversal Engineering in Houston, Texas. By 2011, the foundation had given more than $17.5 million toprograms in education, arts, health, sports, museums, children’s homes and medicine in Mississippiand nationally.“Giving to Batson Children’s Hospital is one of our favorite projects since the Madison CharitableFoundation was started in 2007,” said Joc Carpenter, one of the foundation’s four directors. “We want tohelp give children a healthy beginning in life.”The gift will welcome some of the state’s smallest and most critically ill babies with equipment thatcould be life-saving, said Guy Giesecke, CEO of Children’s of Mississippi, the umbrella organizationthat includes Batson Children’s Hospital and all pediatric care at UMMC.Read the story …Read the story …Follow us on socialCampus BriefsStudents Learn ‘Real Politics’ inWashington, D.C., Winter SessionOXFORD, Miss. – Eleven University ofMississippi students spent their winterbreak learning about the people who workbehind the scenes of the Americangovernment in Washington, D.C. 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The Federal Reserve’sNews Releases UM COVID-19 Video Gallery University Communications Ole Miss Homepage Ole Miss News BlogFacebookTwitterLin edInEmailCopyLinkSMSPrintFriendlySharFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTubeChannel“We at Children’s of Mississippi are grateful to the Madison Charitable Foundation for their philanthropytoward families and children,” Giesecke said. “The foundation is making it possible for children facedwith medical crises early in life to not only survive, but thrive.”FILED UNDER: APPS-TOP NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, NEWS RELEASES, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICALCENTERRead the story …More Posts from this CategoryRetu rn  to  to p  o f  p a ge Copyright © 2023 · Th e Un iversity  o f  M ississ ip p i

UMMC Neonatal Suite, Simulation Area Give Babies Best Possible Start

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