• Question: how much equipment do you have?

    Asked by anon-202460 to Rebecca, Raashid, Marie, Hanna, Gareth on 13 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Raashid Ali

      Raashid Ali answered on 13 Mar 2019: last edited 13 Mar 2019 8:56 am

      Lots! There are different machines used for different treatments for the different organs. Off the top of my head I can count 14 different types of ventilators we use and support across the different hospitals. There are many of each type! – so for example we have 36 of one of the ventilators used on PICU.

    • Photo: Gareth Nye

      Gareth Nye answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      Lots and even more if you count the ultrasound scanners we use and all the heart monitors on the Labour ward! Even more if the lady has a c-section operation to get the baby out

    • Photo: Marie Cameron

      Marie Cameron answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      I don’t own much, but I have access to, and use, lots of equipment! Everything from the machines to help people breathe, to machines that measure how much oxygen is in their blood, or give them extra fluid into their veins when they need it. We are very lucky in the UK in that our hospitals and health centres have access to amazing equipment that people in many other countries don’t have. 🙂

    • Photo: Rebecca Gosling

      Rebecca Gosling answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      So much! A lot of what we do in the hospital uses machines. We use machines to help people breathe, machines that help peoples hearts work better, we even have machines that can take over the job of the heart when someones heart is really poorly. These used to be really big but now are so small you can carry one in a backpack. We use these when people are waiting for a heart transplant. They can still do normal things they just have to carry their ‘heart’ in their backpack. All of these machines have been developed by very clever scientists and engineers!

    • Photo: Hanna Jeffery

      Hanna Jeffery answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      Yes, lots in my department too! Every room has a computer with a box attached, which has a speaker system, programmes hearing aids and attaches to several different kinds of headphones. Most rooms have another machine for checking eardrums.
      Our balance room has a machine for warming the water we put into people’s ears, and another for recording what their eyes are doing.
      I also use a couple of other computers with devices for recording nerve signals and recording sounds made by the ear (these are called otoacoustic emissions).

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