Babies on the Boardwalk: History of the NICU

Forever Ago

American Public Media

Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.4 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Babies who are born too early often get extra care in the hospital at the NICU, or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. But the NICU didn’t always exist – and it took doctors a long time to figure out how to care for these babies.

Join Joy, co-host Betty and their pal Ruby Guthrie to hear how one person saved thousands of premature babies by putting them on display at an amusement park in New York City. His boardwalk show, called the Baby Hatchery, helped convince doctors that special incubators can help premature babies survive. All that, plus a new game of First Things First that’s a real bundle of joy!

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0:00.0	Joy, what is all this stuff? It looks like a circus in here.
0:04.5	Betty, I'm so glad you're here.
0:07.5	Welcome to my carnival. We've got a ring toss.
0:12.0	My elephant Hermes working on juggling.
0:15.0	Watch your head!
0:18.0	Ooh!
0:19.0	And we've even got maple flavored cotton candy.
0:22.0	Here, try some.
0:23.0	Whoa, why is it so salty?
0:26.0	Salty? Let me try.
0:28.0	Ugh, that's saltier than an angry ocean.
0:32.0	Does this empty soy sauce container have anything to do with it?
0:36.0	Ooh, I must have put soy sauce in the machine instead of maple syrup.
0:40.0	Whoopsie daisy.
0:41.0	Step right up, step right up.
0:44.0	Get your savory soy fluff and revel in umami ecstasy.
0:50.0	Joy.
0:51.0	Why are you yelling?
0:52.8	It's literally just us here.
0:54.5	Because yelling is fun.
0:57.0	Plus today, and today only, is the show of a lifetime
1:01.0	you won't want to miss.
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