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BLS Medical Equipment

1. Suction Unit

Purpose: Big tub with a tube and rod to suction any fluid that is obstructing the airway

Ex.) stoma cleaning

2. Sharps Container

Purpose: Box that has an unopenable lid, usually red to throw away sharps such as needles to avoid contamination

Ex.) IV

3. Stethoscope

Purpose: A device with a small metal circle called a bell that auscultates a patient's heart or lungs

Ex.) hemothorax PT or a heart murmur

4. Trauma shears

purpose: Sharp scissors used to cut through a patient's clothes or even seatbelts

5. Pulse oximeter

purpose: an electronic device used to measure the saturation of oxygen in a patient's blood, usually attached to a patient's finger

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BLS Medical Equipment

1. Wheeled Ambulance Strecher

Purpose: A traveling wheeled device, either electronic or manual,l used to move and carry patients

2. Oxygen Tank

Purpose: a tank that carries oxygen, can be used for patients that are on a ventilator/ who have oxygen issues

3. Blood glucose monitor

Purpose: An electronic monitor used to measure how much sugar is carried by blood

Ex.) Important tool for those dealing with diabetes

4. tourniquet

Purpose: A strip of cloth that can be wrapped tightly on a patient's extremity to stop bleeding

Ex.) when an artery is cut open, bleeding is profuse

5. Transfer tarp or slideboard

Purpose: Flat board that allows patients to move on stretcher safely, can be used for patients that have difficulty moving places independently

Ex.) geriatric patients who suffer with osteoporosis

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1. Semiautomated defibrillation equipment

purpose: Used to analyze heart rhythm and detect abnormal heart rhythm then deliver a shock.

2. Long backboard

purpose: provides rigid spinal immobilization

3. head immobilization device

purpose: Helps fix the patient's head into place for proper immobilization.

4. wheeled stair chair

purpose: A chair that has wheels on the bottom, its main purpose is to help move patients up and down stairs.

5. Bag mask device

purpose: to help give patients who are in respiratory failure positive pressure ventilation

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1. chemical hot/cold packs

purpose: Basically a hot/ice pack that helps with inflammation per say a contusion or a jammed digital

2. Blood pressure cuffs

purpose: There are different sizes for different demographics, such as child, adult, and X-L adult. used to gain blood pressure on patients. important vital

3. infection control kits (Gloves, masks, gowns)

purpose: used to minimize contamination when dealing with a sick patient who has a contagious illness.

4. Cervical collar

purpose: Used to limit cervical area movement when dealing with a spinal cord injury.

5. Portable radio/cell phone

purpose: Can be used for dispatch to revel information for the call that the unit was dispatched to, can also be used as a GPS to locate patient