| There are many different types of medical equipment | | | | body without surgery. It provides a big contrast |
| that are used by almost all hospitals. Here are some | | | | between the soft tissues of the body, making |
| different kinds. | | | | problems appear easier. It is can be used for brain, |
| Medical Monitors: These help doctors analyze a | | | | heart, muscle, bone or cancer imaging, and is a |
| patient's current state of health and include: | | | | pain-free procedure. |
| ECG: An Electrocardiogram, also known as an EKG, | | | | Ultrasound: An ultrasound, or ultrasonography, is used |
| measures the electrical activity in the heart, and to | | | | to visualize joints, tendons, muscles and organs for |
| basically measure how well your heart is working. It is | | | | abnormalities, and obstetric sonography is used |
| a painless test that shows how fast your heart is | | | | exclusively during pregnancy to evaluate the health |
| beating, whether your heartbeat is steady or not, and | | | | and growth of the baby. |
| strength of the heartbeats themselves. It's used to | | | | X-Ray Machines: These have been in use since their |
| diagnose heart problems such as arrhythmia, heart | | | | invention in 1895 to detect breaks or anomalies in |
| attack, and heart failure. | | | | bones and teeth, and can also be used to detect |
| EEG: An EEG, or Electroencephalography is a test | | | | tumors. |
| that measures the firing of neurons in the brain by | | | | Life Support Equipment: This equipment is used to |
| recording electric activity along the scalp. This test can | | | | sustain life, without which continued life would be |
| show abnormalities in brain function by such causes as | | | | impossible. |
| epilepsy and comas. | | | | CPB: A CPB, or Cardiopulmonary Bypass, is used to |
| Diagnostic Equipment: This equipment is used to help | | | | temporary take over the function of the heart and |
| doctors diagnose a patient's injury or illness. | | | | lungs. It is commonly used during heart surgery, |
| MRI: An MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging, is a test | | | | hypothermia, life-support for in-danger newborn babies, |
| used by doctors to diagnose abnormalities within the | | | | and people waiting for an organ transplant. |