Equipment & devices:

Question 1

Atreial line:

Answer 1

Monitoring device consisting of a catheter that inserted into an artery and attached to an electronic monitoring system. Used to measure blood pressure or obtain blood samples.

Question 2

Central venous pressure catheter:

Answer 2

Measuring pressure in the right atrium or superior vena cava. Used to evaluate right ventricular function, right atrial filling pressure and circulating blood volume.

Question 3

Indwelling right atrial catheter:

Answer 3

Hickman:
Indwelling right atrial catheter through the cephalic or internal jugular vein and threaded into the superior vena cava and right atrium. Used for long term administration of substances such as chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics.

Question 4

Pulmonary artery catheter

Answer 4

Swan-Ganz catheter:
Catheter that is flexible inserted through a vein into the pulmonary artery. Used to provide continuous measurements of pulmonary artery pressure. The patient should avoid excessive movement of the head neck and extremities to avoid disrupting the line at insertion site.

Question 5

Fitting for walker degrees of elbow:

Answer 5

20-25 degrees of elbow flexion