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Upon entering the  NICU, you may be overwhelmed with all the monitors, tubes, and  equipment. 

The equipment in the NICU is designed and highly-specialized for the tiny patients in the  unit.  This equipment  constantly monitors various factors associated with your baby or aids in their treatment. 

In addition, most of the equipment in the NICU, such as heart monitors and ventilators have alarms. The staff in the NICU is trained to use  the equipment and machines, as well as interpret machine information. 

While it is easy (and scary) to get caught up watching the monitors, we encourage  you to watch your baby.  If an  alarm should sound, there will be an NICU staff member close at hand to  help.

To make things more understandable we have divided this section in to the following sub sections.

A picture of how everything might look like at a glance

We have tried to include as much information as possible, although not all equipment and treatment are covered.