Equipment

Specialised equipment plays a vital role in ensuring that the 2,000+ very ill and premature babies born in Queensland each year have the best possible start to life.

This year, through the generous gifts given by the community, Mater hopes to enhance its equipment to ensure positive health outcomes for mothers and babies. These are some of the life-saving pieces of equipment that the 2024 Nine Telethon could help provide:

Bili Blankets

$7,000

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Phototherapy blankets that provide treatment for jaundice without babies having to be placed in an humidicrib, allowing mothers and babies to stay together and improve parental bonding.

Quantity – 10

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Panda iRes Warmers

$36,000

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A special heated table designed to provide resuscitation and care to babies born prematurely or at high risk of requiring intensive care, particularly at birth.

Quantity – 4

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360° Rotation Baby Cribs

$2,500

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The innovative 360° Rotation Baby Cribs allow newborns to be closer than ever to their caregivers. With complete rotation, mothers can more easily nurture and bond with their babies, while enabling safe sleep practices from day one.

Quantity – 12

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AngelEye Camera System

$6,000

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A family-friendly virtual platforms that ensures parents and families can view their baby 24 hours a day via a real time, secure live streaming video feed. AngelEye promotes bonding and provides comfort and reassurance to parents when they are not physically in hospital with their child.

Quantity – 87

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TcCO2 Monitor

$18,500

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The transcutaneous carbon dioxide (CO2) monitor is an invaluable piece of equipment, giving a constant, real time reading of babies' CO2 levels to help decision making around ventilation requirements.

Quantity – 2

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Affinity IV Birthing Bed

$15,000

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Birthing beds built for purpose offer essential functions that provide appropriate positions for instrumental birth, assessment, epidural administration, emergency procedures, medication administration and comfort for up to 48 hours of episodes of care.

Quantity – 3

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MFM Ultrasound Machine

$55,000

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An ultrasound machine supporting the best maternity care to mothers and babies whilst providing clinicians with contemporary equipment, bringing best practice in Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) for north Queensland.

Quantity – 1

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Kanmed BabyBeds

$6,600

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These baby beds facilitate care for premature and newborn babies, allowing parents closer, unimpeded access to their baby. Featuring electrical height adjustment, heated water mattress to allow smaller babies to come out of humidicrib, unique ‘push down’ side walls for easy bed access and rail surrounding the bed for easy transport.

Quantity – 4

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Giraffe OmniBed Incubator

$30,000

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The Giraffe OmniBed features an innovative design that transitions between an incubator and a resuscitation warmer, which allows our smallest and most premature babies to remain in the same bed from birth up to two weeks of life. It enhances the care of the tiniest patients, allowing both parents and clinicians easy access to the baby.

Quantity – 7

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CTG/Fetal Monitoring Machines

$35,000

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Effective monitoring of mothers and babies in labour is essential to ensure they are doing well. It prompts escalation of issues to ensure the safe arrival of newborn babies.

Quantity – 5

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MR950 Humidifiers

$3,500

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The MR950 Humidifiers are designed with a neonatal-specific operating mode, ensuring our tiniest patients receive tailored respiratory support, assisting with the body’s natural defence mechanisms and conserving energy for growth and development.

Quantity – 67

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New and improved maternity service in Townsville

$500,000

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By moving from the current Hyde Park campus to a new, contemporary build within the nearby Pimlico hospital, Mater will enhance its current model of care and remain expertly positioned to deliver extraordinary and accessible private maternity services for current and future generations of North Queensland families.

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