If the oxygen is set too low, or too high, the baby can develop retinopathy of prematurity, among other complications, and blindness can occur. If the baby’s oxygen saturation levels swing (these babies get nicknamed “swingers’), other complications can happen and can lead to multiple devastating injuries. If the suction is not available and the baby’s tube gets blocked, the baby can suffocate to death; or if the bag valve mask is not available, the baby becomes hypoxic and can end up brain-damaged, or with intestinal ischemia, or bradycardic (low heart rate); if the wrong-size mask is fitted
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