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The Bair Hugger

The Bair Hugger

The North Carolina Baptist Hospital opened its new Recovery Room for post-operative patients in 1954. Between 1954 and 1991, patients who complained of being cold had their body temperature raised one degree per hour using heated blankets. This process could sometimes take hours. Since 1991, patients in the PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit), formerly called the Recovery Room, can get warmed up in one-third of the time by the “Bair Hugger Patient Warming System.” This system consists of a heating unit and a disposable warming cover. The warming cover is placed over the patient and the heater hose is connected to it. When the heating unit is turned on, a gentle flow of warm air is directed across the patient’s body. The Bair Hugger is also used to treat hypothermia and open heart surgery patients.

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title
The Bair Hugger
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
rightsHolder
Wake Forest University
hasFormat
Photoprint
hasVersion
DF 373
isPartOf
Digital Forsyth NBG Objects
isReferencedBy
NBG_obj_373
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
description
The North Carolina Baptist Hospital opened its new Recovery Room for post-operative patients in 1954. Between 1954 and 1991, patients who complained of being cold had their body temperature raised one degree per hour using heated blankets. This process could sometimes take hours. Since 1991, patients in the PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit), formerly called the Recovery Room, can get warmed up in one-third of the time by the "Bair Hugger Patient Warming System." This system consists of a heating unit and a disposable warming cover. The warming cover is placed over the patient and the heater hose is connected to it. When the heating unit is turned on, a gentle flow of warm air is directed across the patient's body. The Bair Hugger is also used to treat hypothermia and open heart surgery patients.
identifier
https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/nbg/obj/nbg_obj_00373.jpg, https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/nbg/obj/nbg_obj_00373-th.jpg, https://hdl.handle.net/10339/14996
rights
These images are protected by copyright restrictions. Please contact the owning library (Coy C. Carpenter Library) for more information.
issued
2008-11-07T20:05:53Z
abstract
Published in: Synapse. February 1991.
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