Medical Instruments/Components
Instrument Uses
Stethoscopes used to hear sounds from movements within the body like heart
beats, intestinal movement, breath sounds, etc.
Reflex testing hammer to test motor reflexes of the body
(padded)
Sphygmomanometer to record the patient"s blood pressure
(Blood pressure meter)
A thin beam electric torch to see into the eye, body"s natural orifices, etc., and to test for pupillary
light reflex, etc.
Tongue Depressor for use in oral examination
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
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 cannot 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 for injections and aspiration of blood or fluid from the body
Sucker for sucking up blood or secretions
Spectacles for protection of the eyes or for refractive error correction
Enema set to passively evacuate the rectum of faeces
Pipettes or droppers to measure out doses of liquid, specially in children
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
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