ICU Machines – see definitions below The following are definitions of the ICU equipment pictured above. • Monitor screen — a screen that displays the patient’s heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and intracranial pressure. • Head dressing — a bandage to keep the head injury or surgical incision clean and dry. • ICP monitor — a small tube placed into or just on top of the brain through a small hole in the skull. It measures the amount of intracranial pressure inside the brain. • EKG lead wires — wires connected to the chest with small patches that measure heart rate and rhythm. • Nasogastric tube — a tube inserted through the nose and into the stomach that can be used to suction the stomach or provide liquid food into the stomach. • Endotracheal tube — a tube inserted through the patient’s nose or mouth into the trachea (windpipe) to help with breathing and suctioning. • Intravenous catheter (IV) and intravenous fluid — a flexible tube through which fluid, nutrients, and medicine are given. • Ventilator – a machine that helps with breathing or breathes completely for a patient. • Anti-embolism stockings (often called TEDS or TED hose) — long white stockings which help prevent blood clots from forming in the legs. • Sequential compression stockings (also called SCD hose) — plastic leg wraps that inflate and deflate to help prevent blood from pooling in the legs. • Foley catheter — a drainage tube from the bladder that allows urine to be collected and measured.