{"id":222047,"date":"2020-04-17T16:34:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=222047"},"modified":"2020-04-17T00:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T05:48:02","slug":"thailand-nurses-face-shields-newborns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/thailand-nurses-face-shields-newborns\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand nurses make tiny face shields so newborns can travel home safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world have been taking additional precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. When nurses at Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, learned that two newborn babies soon to be discharged from the hospital were going home via public transportation or taxi, they\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5819527\/babies-face-masks-thailand\/\">improvised a creative way to protect<\/a> newborns from the virus on their journey home from the hospital: mini-face shields. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/praram9Hospital\/posts\/2955931611108739\">Photos<\/a> of the unique protective gear have been seen around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fthestandardth%2Fvideos%2F662767431176012%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=476\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The hospital told <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5819527\/babies-face-masks-thailand\/\">TIME<\/a> that \u201cthe nurses worried about the babies\u2019 well-being and they handcrafted the face shields.\u201d While health experts recommend that adults and children wear face shields to prevent the spread of the virus from asymptomatic carriers, parents are generally advised not to put masks on newborns and children under the age of \u00a0two. The Thai hospital told TIME, \u201cThe face shields were just for a short-term protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/photo-newborn-grandfather-window-covid-19\/\">Bittersweet: Photo of newborn meeting grandfather through window shows realities of COVID-19<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/praram9Hospital\/posts\/2955931611108739\">Facebook post<\/a> about the babies\u2019 face shields, the hospital stated that this was a \u201cunique case\u201d and the face shields were only used to protect the babies from exposure on their trip directly home from the hospital, emphasizing that \u201csafety is what we care about the highest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explaining why young children should <em>not<\/em> routinely wear face masks, Dr. Jamie Macklin, a pediatric hospitalist at Nationwide Children\u2019s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/cdc-says-children-should-wear-masks-slow-covid-19-spread-t178005\">TODAY<\/a>, &#8220;Babies and young toddlers have smaller airways. Breathing through a mask can be harder for them. Using a mask on an infant can increase their risk of suffocation.&#8221; Macklin also noted that the CDC advises against placing a mask on anyone who cannot remove the mask without assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/need-extra-precautions\/pregnancy-breastfeeding.html\">states<\/a>, \u201cMother-to-childtransmission of coronavirus during pregnancy is unlikely, but after birth a newborn is susceptible to person-to-person spread.\u201d The unique protective measures taken in Thailand show how doctors and nurses are truly caring for the vulnerable during this challenging time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world have been taking additional precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. 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