Vital signs monitors are able to monitor a patient’s vital signs including heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels.
Importance: Extremely high
Likely frequency of use: Multiple times per day
Need: Provides clear and essential vital information for the care of patients
Defibrillators are devices that restore a normal heartbeat by sending an electric shock to the heart after it has stopped from cardiac arrest.
Importance: High
Likely frequency of use: Multiple times per day
Need: For defibrillation and transporting a critically ill patient through the hospital
Ventilators help patients to breathe on life support via a breathing tube into their lungs.
Importance: High
Likely frequency of use: Daily
Need: Allows for breathing support and transportation of critically ill patients through the hospital