Hospitals are busy places, so everyone needs to be trained and ready for anything that comes in the door. Emergency medical devices and associated products need to be ready to use at a moments notice.
Here’s a list of 8 essential emergency medical devices that are always needed at hospital emergency departments.
1: Stretcher
From ambulances, the stretcher is an important part of most medical emergencies. At the scene of an accident the patient is often moved to a stretcher for the journey in the ambulance then shifted to another stretcher at the hospital.
Patient monitoring devices include thermometers, heamoglucometers, sphygmometers, and stethoscopes. Patient monitoring equipment is used to track the position of the patient’s condition throughout the medical procedure.
3: Defibrillator
A defibrillator is an emergency medical device used for patients suffering from heart strokes. This device is used during cardiac arrest. A defibrillator restores a person’s heart beating if the heart stops.
4: Electrosurgical Units
Working on the principle of coagulation, electrosurgical units coagulate bleeding by using high-frequency electric current.
5: ECG Machine
Electrocardiogram machines are used to monitor the heart activity of patients over time by electric signals. This device is necessary to review the rhythms of heartbeats depicting any abnormal behavior.
6: Infection prevention products
Hospitals use infection prevention products to stop infection transmission, especially during the covid pandemic. Hospital sterilizers execute all forms of microbial life and help in limiting further infection transmission. Many products can block infection including:
- Face masks
- Medical gloves
- Hand sanitizers
- Disinfectants
- Chloride wipes for cleansing wounds
7: Fluid warmers
Fluid warmers and blanket liners can prevent hypothermia in a medical atmosphere.
8: Infusion syringes
An infusion syringe can be essential emergency medical devices, used to either impart or withdraw extra fluid from the patients body, for example medications like insulin, an antibiotic, or pain relief.
