| Instrument |
Uses |
| Stethoscope |
used to hear sounds from movements within the body, like heart beats, intestinal movement, breath sounds, etc. |
| Reflex testing hammer (padded) |
to test motor reflexs of the body |
| Sphygmomanometer (Blood pressure meter) |
to record the patient's blood pressure |
| A thin beam electric torch |
to see into the eye, body's natural orifices, etc., and to test for pupillary light reflex, etc. |
| A watch / stopwatch |
used in recording rates like heart rate, respiratory rate, etc.; for certain tests of hearing |
| A measuring tape |
for size measurements |
| A weighing machine |
to record the weight |
| Tuning forks |
to test for deafness and to categorize it |
| Kidney dish |
as a tray for instruments, gauze, tissue, etc. |
| Bedpan |
for patients who are unconscious or too weak to even sit up of walk to the toilet to defecate |
| Thermometer |
to record the body temperature |
| Gas cylinders |
supply of oxygen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, etc. |
| Oxygen mask or tubes |
delivering gases up to the nostrils to assist in oxygen intake or to administer aerosolized or gaseous drugs |
| Vaporizer |
to produce vapors |
| Instrument sterilizers |
Used to sterilize instruments in absence of an autoclave |
| Dressing drums |
storage of gowns, cotton, linen, etc. |
| Nebulizer |
to produce aerosols of drugs to be administered by respiratory route |
| Positive pressure ventilator |
to assist or carry out the mechanical act of inspiration and expiration so that the patient who can not respire on his / her own may respire; it is a component of "life support" |
| Cardioverter / Defibrillator |
to correct arrhythmias of the heart or to start up a heart that is not beating |
| Dialyser |
to remove toxic materials from the blood that are generally removed by the kidneys; used in case of renal failure |
| Rubber catheter |
to drain and collect urine directly from the bladder (primary use); also to act as a makeshift oxygen tube, etc. |
| Syringe of different sizes and needles |
for injections and aspiration of blood or fluid from the body |
| Canula |
a kind of a needle that is used to create a permanent pathway to a vein (or artery) for the purpose of repeated injections or infusion of intravenous fluids |
| Transfusion sets |
used to transfuse blood and blood products |
| Sucker |
for sucking up blood or secretions) |
| Gastrointestinal tubes[3] |
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| •Nasogastric tube |
used for nasogastric suction (or at times introduction of food or drugs). vide link |
| •Stomach tube |
-do- |
| •Levin's tube |
-do- |
| •Kehr's "T" tube |
-do- |
| •Infant feeding tube |
-do-; for infants |
| Spectacles |
for protection of the eyes or for refractive error correction |
| Enema set |
to passively evacuate the rectum of faeces; vide link |
| Bandage |
to cover and protect certain areas of the body such as recent injury |
| Pipettes or droppers |
to measure out doses of liquid, specially in children |
| Graduated spoons |
to measure out doses of liquids |
| Ophthalmoscope |
to look at the retina |
| Otoscope |
to look into the external ear cavity |
| Endoscope |
to look inside the oesophagus, stomach, upper intestines, bile duct, larynx, trachea, bronchi-through the mouth; anal canal, rectum, colon- through anus; used mainly in Surgery or by surgical consultants |
| Proctoscope |
to look inside anal canal and lower part of the rectum |
| Linen |
for dressing and draping |
| Beds, bottle stands, etc. |
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| Gauze, cotton, antiseptics, gloves etc. |
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