Medical Equipment, Nurses

(Sumber/ Source: Pramudya, Leo A.2005. English for Professional Nurses. Jakarta: EPN.)
(Rewritten by Dimas Erda Widyamarta: www.ithinkeducation.blogspot.com)

1) Stethoscope
2) Syringe
3) Stretcher
4) Hook
5) Curette
6) Tourniquet
7) Pipette
8) Gag
9) Sling
10) Thermometer
11) Scalpel
12) Dressing trolley
13) Catether
14) Bandage
15) Sling
16) Foreceps
17) Probe
18) Drain
19) Splint
20) Lister’s bandage scissors
21) Cylinder
22) Galipot
23) Tray
24) Bowl
25) Cheatle’s forceps
26) Plain dissecting forceps
27) Suture scissors
28) Michael’s clip removing forceps
29) Michel’s clips
30) Receiver (kidney dish)
31) Wheelchair
32) Crutches
33) Lister’s curved sinus forceps
34) Trapeze
35) Glass mercury thermometer
36) Chemical dot thermometer
37) Digital thermometer
38) Electronic digital thermometer
39) Infrared thermometer
40) Mercury manometer
41) Aneroid manometer
42) Snellen alphabet chart
43) Snellen “E” Chart
44) A dressing trolley consists of two shelves, the top shelf and the bottom shelf. The top shelf is used
to keep the sterile equipment obtained from C. S. S. D (Central Sterile Supply Department), the
bottom shelf is used to keep the unsterile equipment. A sterile pack from the C.S.S.D
 contains disposable equipment. The disposable equipment after use is discarded, but non
disposable equipment is sent back to the CSSD for re sterilization.
45) Cylinder is used to put instrument handling forceps.
46) A jar contains a suitable disinfectant (Lysol 1 in 30 is often used)
47) Cheatle’s forceps are used to handle sterile instruments.
48) Suture scissors are used to remove stitches.
49) Michel’s clip removing forceps is used to remove clips.
50) The lotion bottles contain Cetrimide or Hibitane for cleaning the skin
51) Methylated ether is used to remove Nobecutane or marks left by adhesive tape
52) Thermometer is a device used to measure temperature.
53) Drains is a tube used for removing liquid from the body or site of operation.
54) Probe is a blunt ended surgical instrument for exploring a wound or part of the body.
55) (hypodermic) syringe is a plastic or glass tube with a long hollow needle that is used to put drugs,
etc. Into a person’s body or to take a small amount of blood from a person.
56) Gag is an instrument that is placed between patient’s teeth to stop him from closing his mouth
(especially when an internist does an endoscopy)
57) Stretcher is used to carry an injured person.
58) Bandage is used to wrap a wound or injured limb.
59) Hook is an instrument with a bent end, used to hold structures apart.
60) Pipette is used for an invalid to sit and move around.
61) Forceps is a scissor like instrument used to hold and to pull something during medical treatment.
62) Sling is a triangular piece of cloth attached around the neck, used to support a broken arm.
63) Scalpel is a small sharp pointed knife used in surgery
64) Snellen alphabet chart is used to test visual acuity
65) Scale is used to weigh a patient during the initial patient assessment.
66) Manometer is used to measure blood pressure.
67) Trapeze is a triangular metal object that is used to help patient sit or stand.

A) Asking and Explaining the function of a medical instrument

1) Asking:
a) What is ths instrument for?
b) What is this?
c) Would you take a/ an (medical instrument) for (me, Mr. Dimas Erda)?
d) Can you explain the function of...+(medical instrument)?

2) Explaining:
a) I’ll introduce you a medical instrument. It’s called..... it is used (for/to...). (or it is
functioned as.....)
b) It is a..
c) a/ an..... is an instrument that is used for....+verb ing.

B) Example:
1) This equipment is used for cutting (Yeni; 20)
2) What’s the name of the tool used to remove stitches? (Siti Falevi, 54)
3) I need equipment to help patient who gets paralysis for wake up from bed (Satria, 53)
4) In endoscopy process, we need instrument to make patient moth opened (Zuriska, 32)
5) Could you help me to take a digital thermometer for me (Fegi, 10)
6) This tools used to absorb liquid or blood when during operation process (Risna Al;48)
7) To lift up casualty, we used stretcher (Mukhlas, 31)
8) To check blood pressure we can use aneroid manometer or sphygmamometer (Dimas Erda, 22)
9) Can you explain the function of sling? (Triana, 47)
10) What’s the name of tool to weight in English? (Widodo, 13)