Your child has a high temperature. Your child is not eating or drinking as usual, or is fussy. The child has trouble breathing, the skin between the ribs is being sucked in with each breath, or the lips or nailbeds are turning blue or white. You may encounter the following procedures and equipment during your stay. A stethoscope is used to listen to the child's heart and lungs.
Blood pressure is taken by wrapping a cuff around the arm.
It is placed on the ear, finger, or toe and is connected to a machine that measures the oxygen in your child's blood. May be given using nasal prongs or a face mask. A tube placed in your child's vein for giving medicines or liquids. It will be capped or have tubing connected to it. Tests will be done on the blood.