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| Bandage | material used to support a medical dressing or injured body part | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bedpan | - | Cannula | - | Catheter | to drain and collect urine directly from the bladder (primary use) also to act as a makeshift oxygen tube etc. | - | Crocodile forceps | to remove foreign bodies from ear or nasal cavities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrocardiograph machine | to record the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time | - | Enema equipment | - | Endoscope | to look inside the gastrointestinal tract, used mainly in surgery or by surgical consultants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| External cardioverter / Defibrillator | to correct arrhythmias of the heart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glucose monitor | to measure concentration of glucose in blood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haemodialysis machine | - | Hypodermic needle / Syringe | for injections and aspiration of blood or fluid from the body | - | Infection control equipment | - | Instrument sterilizer | - | 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. | - | Medical ultrasound | to create an image of internal body structures | - | Nasogastric tube | for nasogastric suction or the introduction of food or drugs into the body | - | Nebulizer | - | Ophthalmoscope | - | Otoscope | to look into the external ear cavity | - | Oxygen mask and tubes | 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 | - | Radiography | to view internal body structures | - | Reflex hammer | to test motor reflexes of the body | - | Sphygmomanometer | - | 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 | - | Surgical scissors | used for dissecting or cutting | |||||||
| Thermometer | - | 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" | - | Wartenberg wheel | for neurological use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watch / Stopwatch | for recording rates like heart rate, respiratory rate, etc.; for certain hearing tests. | - | Weighing scale |