On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, the Woodstown (NJ) Junior Women’s Club presented the staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper with specially designed devices to help premature babies.
The women’s group had raised the funds to purchase four Zaky Hands, two Kangaroo Zaks and two accessory blankets to help premature babies.
The Zaky Hand is a device that mimics the weight, feel and positioning of a human hand. Zaky Hands are clinically proven to help prematurely born infants with self-regulation, promote sleep and significantly decrease life threatening apnea and bradycardia (slow heart rate) in NICUs while simulating human touch during times when the parents or caregiver cannot be present with the baby in the hospital.
Similarly, the Kangaroo Zak, an adjustable and ergonomic device designed to facilitate skin-to-skin sessions in the NICU and postpartum between the mother and baby, aids in body regulation and other developmental functions in preemies.