Most Important Pieces Of Medical Equipment

67

By houseclearance

Defibrillator

The defibrillator is a a very important piece of medical equipment and has the ability to save a persons life at that very moment they could be lost. How it works is to pass an electrical charge through the heart and kick starts it back into life. The pads from the defibrillator needs to be placed in the right area so the charge gets to the right spot.

Defibrillator

See all 5 photos
Source: defibrillator

ECG Machine

An ECG (electrocardiography)Machines are very important pieces of medical equipment. Each day they are used to monitor a patients heart and see if there is any irregular movements in the heart. There is a tiny electrical charge that the heart gives off and that is what the ECG machine picks up and creates a chart for a doctor or nurse to read. Its very good at the start of any diagnosis of heart problems.

ECG Machine

Source: ECG Machine

Centrifuges

Now this piece of medical equipment isn't really seen by the patients but works behind the scenes. Centrifuges don't have as much of an impact on a patient but is still a vital piece of kit. They are used mainly in medical research and separating substances. The idea behind it is simple but it is a valuable piece of medical equipment.

Centrifuge

Source: centrifuge

BP Monitor

BP (blood pressure) monitors is another handy piece of medical equipment that can be found in most clinics and hospitals in some shape or form. It uses an inflatable cuff to be placed on the upper arm and inflated. The cuff should be tight around the arm so the BP monitor can take a reading and see how high or low patients blood pressure is. It is usually one of the first things a doctor uses in most diagnosis.

BP monitor

Source: BP monitor

Medical Freezer

This piece is another backstage equipment that is very important and much needed. Medical freezers do only do one job, keep things very cold, but it is well used. It covers things from chilling samples and vaccines to the more extreme job of chilling organs. As with the centrifuge they are vital to medical research and backstage workings of any medical facility.

Medical Freezer

Source: Medical freezer

Comments

nicred profile image

nicred 9 months ago

wow - very informative. nice hub I learned something here ;)

houseclearance profile image

houseclearance Hub Author 9 months ago

I do try to inform on my hubs, glad you enjoyed ;)

Submit a Comment
Members and Guests

Sign in or sign up and post using a hubpages account.



    • No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked
    • Comments are not for promoting your Hubs or other sites

    Please wait working