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.