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Three Special Guest Faculty at Stanford’s NeuroNICU Course
When I was hired as a Consultant for the NeuroNICU Program at Stanford University six years ago, one of the first projects I worked on was creating a training course for the nursing staff and medical providers in the NICU at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. To...
HIE: A worldwide problem with few answers – but we have one!
Worldwide birth asphyxia, neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) account for more than 25% of infant deaths and without treatment, neonatal encephalopathy is a condition that often results in adverse outcomes including death, cerebral palsy,...
The Legacy of The Brigham
Boston is the home of many prestigious universities and medical schools and a different medical center on almost every corner. You have MIT, Boston College, Harvard University, Boston Children's, Mass General, and then there is the Brigham and Women's Hospital which...
Brain Cooling Club: What do we cover?
The Brain Cooling Club was created to help NICU's in California meet the State guidelines for staff education but has expanded to so much more. We are have brought together a group of international faculty who are experts in neonatal hypothermia. In this course we...
The Brain Cooling Club: Becoming Passionate Through Education
The Brain Cooling Club is an online, on-demand, lecture series featuring 11 international guest speakers who are experts on state of the art in therapeutic hypothermia for neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. I’m so excited to be able to bring this material...
NICU News: How a Weather Forecast Tool Was Used to Better NICU Care
Last spring, UT Southwest Medical Center began utilizing an analytical tool typically used for predicting long term weather patterns. But instead of meteorology, the team of pediatric researchers used the tool to help reduce brain injury in infants who suffered oxygen...
Why San Diego is always a GREAT idea
San Diego, California isn’t the worst place to spend your free time. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, rich history and a tremendous amount of hometown pride... what's not to adore? So of course having a great reason to visit (like the ONE conference, for example) only...
The 4B’s of Developmental Care – Body
In this article, I'll be sharing the next B in the 4B's of Developmental Care - Body. I think we would all agree that therapeutic positioning along with minimizing sensory over-stimulation have been the cornerstone of developmental care since its inception. But if we...
What I’ve Been Up To This Year :: Kathi’s Travels
Since the ONE Conference, I've had a whirlwind amount of travel (from Munich, Germany to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and several trips across the US too). I am finally taking some time off this month and heading out to Yosemite camping for a few days over the 4th of July...
NICU News: New app keeps parents updated on babies in NICU
Recently, a new app was released that is keeping families better updated on their hospitalized loved ones. The app, named EASE, allows hospitals to quickly update families in a more personal way by sending photos and videos of their loved ones. According to their...