Patient Monitor
Physiologic Monitor · Multiparameter Monitor · Vital Signs Monitor · ECG Monitor · Pulse Oximeter · Cardiac Monitor
A screen that shows the patient's vital signs as waveforms and numbers, with cables to electrocardiogramih-lek-troh-KAR-dee-oh-gramA test that records the heart's electrical activity as waves on paper or a screen.electr/o electricitycardi/o heart-gram recordFull entry electrodes on the skin, a pulse oximeter sensor and a blood pressure cuff or arterial linear-TEER-ee-ul lineA thin catheter placed in an artery, often in the wrist, to measure blood pressure all the time and draw blood.Full entry .
On the table
What it does and the lengths it comes in.
What it’s for
Run by anesthesiaan-us-THEE-zhuhLoss of feeling or sensation, often brought on by drugs so that surgery or a procedure can be done without pain.an- withoutesthesi/o feeling, sensation-ia conditionFull entry to watch the patient continuously from before inductionin-DUK-shunThe starting of a process on purpose, such as bringing on labor or putting a client under anesthesia.Full entry to the end of the case. The electrocardiogramih-lek-troh-KAR-dee-oh-gramA test that records the heart's electrical activity as waves on paper or a screen.electr/o electricitycardi/o heart-gram recordFull entry tracks the heart's rate and rhythm, the pulse oximeter tracks blood oxygen, and blood pressure is taken by an automatic cuff at set intervalIN-ter-vulThe time or space between two events, such as between two contractions in labor or between two waves on an ECG.Full entry or by an arterial linear-TEER-ee-ul lineA thin catheter placed in an artery, often in the wrist, to measure blood pressure all the time and draw blood.Full entry .
Lengths and variants
Bedside and transport models. The pulse oximeter sensor usually goes on a fingertip but can go on a toe, earlobe or the bridge of the nose.
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- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 9 (Surgical Pharmacology and Anesthesia), Monitoring Devices, p. 248-249
- somatechnology.com
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