Hypothermia/Hyperthermia Unit
Hyperthermia/Hypothermia Machine · Hypo/Hyperthermia Unit · Thermal Mattress · Warming Mattress · Water-Circulating Mattress · Cooling Blanket · Blanketrol · Medi-Therm · MUL-T-Blanket
A rolling cabinet with a water reservoirREZ-er-vwarA place where germs live and multiply, such as a person, animal, water or soil.Full entry , a heater and cooler, and a control panel. Two hoses connect it to a vinyl water-circulating blanket or mattress pad placed under or over the patient.
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Heats or cools water and circulates it through the blanket to warm or cool the patient. In the OR it keeps body temperature normal or holds a set temperature; in cardiac surgery it is used with other methods to cool the patient and later to rewarm. It is also used to cool a patient during malignant hyperthermiamuh-LIG-nunt hy-per-THER-mee-uhA rare inherited reaction to certain general anesthesia drugs in which the muscles' metabolism speeds up out of control.mal- badhyper- above normaltherm heat-ia conditionFull entry .
Lengths and variants
Blankets come in adult and pediatric sizes, reusable or single-use. Modes on the Medi-Therm III: blanket (manual) control of water temperature, patient (auto) control to a set patient temperature using a probe, and monitor only.
What experienced techs know
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- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 22 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 513
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 23 (Orthopedic Surgery), p. 539
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 13 (Anesthesia, Physiological Monitoring, and Postanesthesia Recovery), p. 266-267
- techweb.stryker.com
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