A new treatment of giving new-born babies xenon gas shortly after a birth starved of oxygen can now be administered in an ambulance thanks to the development of a mobile incubator. Experts from the universities of Bristol and Swansea have built equipment which means babies can receive xenon and cooling therapy immediately after birth and during ambulance journeys between neonatal units.
It is early days to know the effectiveness of combining cooling and xenon gas and trials are on-going. The theory is very promising and the mobile unit is another key step forward in administering the brain damage-prevention treatment within the vital five hour ‘window’ after birth. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/World-newborn-baby-risk-brain-injury-given-gas/story-18822481-detail/story.html#ixzz2RqVHdY3r
