Medical instruments الادوات الطبيه
MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
Bedpan: for patients who are unconscious or too weak to sit up or walk to the toilet to defecate
Cannula: to create a permanent pathway to a vein (or artery) for the purpose of repeated injections or infusion of intravenous fluids
Cardioverter/Defibrillator: to correct arrhythmias of the heart or to start up a heart that is not beating
Catheter: to drain and collect urine directly from the bladder (primary use); also to act as a makeshift oxygen tube, etc.
Dialyser: to remove toxic materials from the blood that are generally removed by the kidneys; used in case of renal failure
Electrocardiograph machine: to record the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time
Enema equipment: to passively evacuate the rectum of faeces
Endoscope: to look inside the gastrointestinal tract, used mainly in surgery or by surgical consultants
Gas cylinder: as a supply of oxygen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, etc.
Gauze sponge: to absorb blood and other fluids as well as clean wounds
Surgical scissors: used for dissecting or cutting
Hypodermic needle / Syringe: for injections and aspiration of blood or fluid from the body
Infection control equipment: as in gloves, gowns, bonnets, shoe covers, face shields, goggles, and surgical masks for preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection
Instrument sterilizer: to sterilize instruments in absence of an autoclave
Kidney dish: as a tray for instruments, gauze, tissue, etc.
Measuring tape: for length, height, head circumference and girth measurements
Medical halogen penlight: to see into the eye, natural orifices, etc. and to test for pupillary light reflex, etc.
Nasogastric tube: for nasogastric suction or the introduction of food or drugs into the body
Nebulizer: to produce aerosols of drugs to be administered by respiratory route
Ophthalmoscope: to look at the retina
Otoscope: to look into the external ear cavity
Oxygen mask: to deliver gases to the mouth/nostrils to assist in oxygen intake or to administer aerosolized or gaseous drugs
Pipette or dropper: to measure out doses of liquid, specially in children
Proctoscope: to look inside the anal canal and lower part of the rectum
Reflex hammer: to test motor reflexes of the body
Sphygmomanometer: to measure the patient's blood pressure
Stethoscope: to hear sounds from movements within the body like heart beats, intestinal movement, breath sounds, etc.
Suction device: to suck up blood or secretions
Thermometer: to record body temperature
Tongue depressor: for use in oral examination
Transfusion kit: to transfuse blood and blood products
Tuning fork: to test for deafness and to categorize it
Ventilator: to assist or carry out the mechanical act of inspiration and expiration so the non-respiring patient can do so; a common component of "life support"
Weighing scale: to measure weight
Crocodile Forceps: to remove foreign bodies from ear or nasal cavities
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