Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Different Types Of Medical Equipment And Their Use.

By Terri Burgan


Medical equipment are instruments employed in the diagnosing, monitoring and treatment of patients. These are tools of work of the medical personnel and professionals. They are paramount for any safe and efficient running of health services to the patients.

These devices are very many all working to achieve the same goals of treating a patient. All medics to listen to the patient's heart beat response of lungs and the intestines use the stethoscopes. The diagnosis made is based on whether the beats are normal or not. The heartbeat should not be too slow or fast; it should be normal.

They are also the diagnostic equipments that are utilized in the diagnosing of a patients blood pressure or reflexes. In the case of blood pressure a blood pressure monitor is used. It measures the pressure that the blood mounts on the blood vessel as it flows.

Orthopedic instruments are like the osteomas and the bone turrets. Bone turrets are surgically used to remove any detectable tumors or growths in one's bones. The osteomas on the other hand is used for marking of bones to detect possible fractures it also cuts through them.

Ophthalmologist devices are used to view and look into an eye of the patient. The devices are like tonometers, eye speculum and the slit lamps used when looking into retina of individual to see if it is okay. The tonometer measures the pressure of the patient eye. Eye speculum forces the eye to open while the slit lamps provide lighting for the surgeon. Imaging apparatus are utilized in checking ones optic nerve and general health of the eye.

Medical equipment are so many and the technology keeps advancing thus the inventing of better and new instruments. Ophthalmologists instruments are used to check the condition of the eye if it is healthy or not. They also examine the retina to see if it is in a good condition. They include the slit lamps that providing lighting for the surgeon during the operation. The scissors are used for making cuts within the eye. An eye speculum keep the eye open during the operation.




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