Medical Equipment
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Hospitals🏥 They aim for two things: Maximum patient comfort and such that the patient doesn't have to stay for long (ALOS) while at the same time doing it profitably (ARPOB). Ther...
#ثريد Ommaya reservoir https://t.co/Ah91fU14pw
🧵regarding some technical aspects of the needle holder and where to grip surgical needles, something you may not know about the packages they come in, and a comment about the ratch...
Redoing one of my very first 🧵for followers that didn't see it the first time... Short🧵 about what it means when an instrument has a gold handle. The gold handles look cool but...
🧵regarding one of the most basic and commonly used instruments in surgery...the DeBakey forceps. DeBakey forceps were designed for vascular and cardiac surgery, but now are used b...
Here’s a fun ICU puzzle: what is causing this crazy spiking pattern on the ECG waveform of both an intra-aortic balloon pump & ICU monitor? A #MedEd 🧵 on an important clinical art...
CTO WIRES Step 1.Wires with Low Penetration Force (Sliding Techniques through Microchannels ) 1.Fielder FC.. Non Tappered (0.8G) 2Fielder XT. Tappered (0.8) 3Fielder XTA.Tappe...
The Da Vinci System is a surgical robot that costs $2m. It's been used in >10m procedures and is designed for one surgeon to do the job of many people. The robot works, but at a...
🧵regarding the chromic suture: a 'classic' older suture material that still remains in use today. We'll go over some properties, a little history, and some of what each of the si...
Continuing the series: This is a🧵on scalpel blades, including some of the kinds that exist, what they might be used for, a little of the history, and why there may be *more* to l...
One of the reasons #DuchessHospital is our first choice of where to deliver critical care is that they have the equipment and space, properly configured…This is more than you will...
Summary of oxygen delivery devices taught to me by Mayo RT Source of oxygen - Wall taps by bedside: 0–15L/min - Home concentrator: 0–10L/min Oxygen delivered at 100%, put through...
The Pajunk Rectus Sheath kit is now available at NUH. 16G Tuohy, 2 catheters and splitter, enabling connection to one CADD solis pump. Here are some key points from the excellent...
#JanuAIRWAY Day 7. Equipment. Laryngoscopy is an essential skill for airway managers. Let’s start with #OnePagers looking at a classification of the different types of laryngoscop...
WHAT IS AN IV IVs act as a delivery system to introduce certain items into the patient’s body. Blood, medication, or other fluids are delivered into the body through an IV.
The cannula 💉 a thin tube inserted into a vein or body cavity to administer medication, drain off fluid, or insert a surgical instrument.
1/ Why are hypodermic needles and IV catheters referenced by gauge numbers? And why does the needle diameter get smaller as the gauge number increases? Let's explore the obscure...
Let’s talk tricks for augmenting suction during endoscopy, as big clots/food in the proximal stomach is still a modern day problem. Let this principle guide us: https://t.co/Qnx3nr...
Let's talk about placement of small bore nasoenteric feeding tubes and use of ultrasound for this (A thread) Scenario: Pt with gastroparesis and COVID/ARDS, planning to prone, wan...
Greetings, To welcome all incoming first year GI fellows, I'm making a simple tutorial on how to set up an endoscopy cart in case you are called in without tech support. Good end...
Having trouble figuring out Ultrasound Knobology, Probes, Modes? Master #POCUS settings including probe movements, orientation markers, ultrasound planes, B-mode, M-mode, all Dopp...
A major consideration for proned patients is pressure relief. @TheNPIAP have produced a document outlining key issues. I've compiled it into a short thread here. #foamed #foamcc #c...
We have done a cheat sheet for ventilating ICU patients on anaes machines This is the basic outline I thought I should explain the points in a little more detail! *Thread* 1...
- BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLES THREAD. https://t.co/sIHGG7Zn8r
