Anesthesia mask with integrated pacifier

Small children sometimes need surgery, too. And sometimes they need anesthesia. But, as nurse Monica Dahlstrandexperienced when assisting during an operation, ordinary masks do notwork very well with small children. She started thinking of a betterway. Babies find comfort when breast fed and they also find comfortwith pacifiers. When brought in for surgery, babies, like adults, havenot eaten for some time. But unlike adults, babies have very littleimpulse control, making it difficult to put them under and keep themthere for the duration of the surgery. But, by combining a baby sizedanesthesia mask with a pacifier, Monica Dahlstrand made the wholeprocess of performing surgery on babies much easier.

Source: tekniskamuseet.seAdded: 9 January 2007