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Essential Medical Instruments Guide

The document provides an overview of various medical instruments and their uses, including vital sign measurement tools like thermometers and sphygmomanometers, as well as surgical instruments such as forceps and scissors. It also includes conversational examples to illustrate the identification and purpose of these instruments. Overall, it serves as a guide for understanding essential medical tools in a clinical setting.

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Essential Medical Instruments Guide

The document provides an overview of various medical instruments and their uses, including vital sign measurement tools like thermometers and sphygmomanometers, as well as surgical instruments such as forceps and scissors. It also includes conversational examples to illustrate the identification and purpose of these instruments. Overall, it serves as a guide for understanding essential medical tools in a clinical setting.

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Medical Instruments

by
Sri Wahyuni Awaluddin,SKep,Ns,MN(Hons)
Measuring Vital Signs

• This is a watch

• This is used to calculate pulse/respiration rate


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• This is a TPR/BP chart or book

• This is used to record the result of TPR & BP


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• A thermometer
• To measure body temperature

4
• Stethoscope

• To listen the sound of artery


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• A sphygmomanometer
• To measure blood pressure

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• A tray
• A trolley
• To bring the instruments

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Conversation
• Susi: What is this
called in English,
Rani?

• Rani: Oh, this is


called a kidney
dish

• Susi: What is the


kidney dish for ?

• Rani: This is used


to place soiled
dressings

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• Rony: Can you tell me
what is this?
• Sammy: I think this is a
stethoscope
• Rony: Stethospcope!
What is this for?
• Sammy: This is used for
listening sound of lungs,
abdomen or heart

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• This is a needle holder

(To hold a needle)


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• This is a syringe

(To inject medicines/drugs)


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• These are gloves

(To protect the nurse from blood splashes)


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FORCEPS

• Plain dissecting forceps

• To handle sterile dressings


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• Surgical forceps/Teeth forceps

• To take gauze
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• Artery forceps

• To clamp the artery


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• Big forceps

• To take sterile gauze


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CYLINDER

• Cylinder

• To keep big forceps


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• Dressing jar

• To keep gauze
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● Gallipot
● To hold ointment, medicines and liquid

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SCISSORS

• Suture scissors

• To take out stiches


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• Bandage scissors

• To cut the bandages/gauze


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SPHYGMOMANOMETER

• Desk sphygmomanometer

• To measure B/P
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BOWL AND ITS STAND

• Bowl

• To bring some waters


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• Bowl stands

• To hold the bowl


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• Screen/room cubicle

• To give privacy of patients


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• Infusion stand/pole

• To hang the infusion bottle


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COUCH AND STRECHERS

• Examining couch

• To examine the patient


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• A wheeled strecher

• To bring a patient
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• Strecher

• To bring a patient
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• A wheeled chair

• To bring a disable patient to walk


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EXERCISE:
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE

• Yani: Whose is this wheel chair?


• Ira: oh..this is my wheel chair
• Yani: what is this for?
• Ira: this wheel chair is used to bring a disable
patient to walk

Use: My, Your, His, Her, Their, Our, Its

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• Dani: Whose is that thermometer?
• Emil: That is mine
• Dani: What is thermometer for?
• Emil: The thermometer is used to
measure body temperature

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BED PAN AND URINAL

• Bedpan

• To throw stool
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• A urinal

• To throw urine
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Thank You

35

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