Monitors/ Special Equipment

Question 0

Oximeter

Answer 0

A photoelectric device to detect levels of oxygen saturation

Question 1

Vital signs monitor

Answer 1

Displays blood pressure, respiration rate, temp, blood gases, cardiac rhythms

Question 2

Pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz catheter)

Answer 2

Thin catheter inserted in the internal jugular or femoral vein and guided into pulmonary artery; provides information about pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), right arterial pressure, and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP)

Question 3

Intercranial pressure monitor (ICP monitor)

Answer 3

Measures pressure exerted against the skull by brain tissue, blood, CSF; indicated after closed head injury, cerebral hemorrhage, brain tumor, or overproduction of CSF

Question 4

Nasogastric tube (NG tube)

Answer 4

Inserted through nose, terminates in stomach; can remove fluid or gas or provide a way to deliver nutrition to patient

Question 5

Gastric tube (G tube)

Answer 5

Inserted directly in stomach through abdominal incision

Question 6

Intravenous feeding; total parenteral nutrition; hyperalimentation devices

Answer 6

Feeding through intravenous techniques to provide large amounts of nutrients for tissue growth

Question 7

Foley catheter

Answer 7

Indwelling to bladder, held in place by balloon

Question 8

External catheter

Answer 8

Condom held in place with adhesive or padded strap

Question 9

Suprapubic catheter

Answer 9

Inserted in the bladder through an incision in the abdomen and the bladder

Question 10

Chest drains

Answer 10

Inserted into chest and connected to a mechanical gravity based suction system; indicated to remove air, blood, purulent matter from patients chest or pleural cavity

Question 11

Ostomy devices (Ileostomy, Colostomy)

Answer 11

Surgically placed in abdomen to allow removal of feces; pouch attached for waste