Slush Machine
Ice Slush Machine · Surgical Slush Machine · Slush Unit · Hush Slush · Iced Saline Slush
A wheeled refrigeration cabinet about waist high with a basin set into the top. A sterile drape lines the basin, and saline poured into it is cooled and stirred into slush.
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What it’s for
Makes sterile iced saline slush in the room. The slush is used to cool tissue and induce regional hypothermiahy-poh-THER-mee-uhA body temperature that has fallen below the normal range.hypo- belowtherm/o heat-ia conditionFull entry : packed around the heart during cardiac surgery, around the kidney during renal surgery, and for organs in transplant and procurement cases. Several liters may be needed when going on bypass.
Lengths and variants
Some units stir the solution automatically while cooling to make soft slush; some have an optional fluid warmer. One maker's oral rehydration solutionOR-ul ree-hy-DRAY-shun suh-LOO-shunA drink with a set mix of water, salts and sugar, used to replace fluid lost through diarrhea or vomiting.Full entry -1058HS has a 5.8 L rectangular basin filled with 1 to 3 L of fluid; the ORS-1075HS has a larger basin.
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- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 15 (Genitourinary Surgery), p. 514
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 25 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 950
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 12 (Perioperative Pharmacology), p. 227
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 13 (Anesthesia, Physiological Monitoring, and Postanesthesia Recovery), p. 267
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 22 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 529, 532
- Frey KB (AST). Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 5 (Physical Environment and Safety Standards), p. 81
- somatechnology.com
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