CONTINUATION OF TYPES OF LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES

HEART/LUNG BY PASS

CARDIOPULMONARY BY PASS(CPB) IS ATECHNIQUE THAT TEMPORARILY TAKES OVERTHE FUNCTION OF THE HEART AND LUNGSDURING SURGERY. IT HELPS TO KEEP THEBLOOD AND THE OXYGEN CONTENT OF THEBODY FLOWING. IT IS KNOWN AS A HEARTLUNG MACHINE OR THE PUMP.

HEART/LUNG BY PASS

URINARY CATHETERIZATION

IN URINARY CATHETERIZATION OR “CATHING”, APLASTIC TUBE KNOWN AS A URINARY CATHETERIS INSERTED INTO A PATIENT’S BLADDERTHROUGH THEIR URETHRA. THIS ALLOW THEPATIENT’S URINE TO DRAIN FREELY FROM THEBLADDER FOR COLLECTION OR TO INJECTLIQUIDS USED FOR TREATMENT OR DIAGNOSISOF BLADDER CONDITIONS.

A CATHETER INSERTED IN TO BLADDER THROUGH THE URETHRA SAMPLE OF A CATHETER

DIALYSIS

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE KIDNEY?THE PURPOSE OF THE KIDNEY IS TO FILTERHARMFUL CHEMICALS FROM OUR BLOOD.WHEN THE LIVER FILTERS(cleans theblood), IT MAKES URINE , WHICH IS THENFLUSHED OUT OF YOUR BODIES .

HOW MANY KIDNEYS DO WE HAVE?

WE HAVE TWO KIDNEYS. WE CAN LIVE WITHONE KIDNEY. HOWEVER, WHEN BOTH KIDNEYSARE SHUT DOWN(STOP WORKING), KNOWN ASRENAL FAILURE, ONE HAS TO USE THE DIALYSISTO DO WHAT THE KIDNEY WOULD HAVE DONE –OTHER WISE THE PATIENT WOULD DIE.

HOW IS THE DIALYSIS USED?

THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF DIALYSIS: THEY ARE 1. HEMODIALYSIS: A PATIENT’S BLOOD RUNS INTO

A LARGE MACHINE THAT FILTERS THE BLOOD AND RETURNS IT TO YOUR BODY.

2. PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: THIS IS A TUBE CALLED A CATHETER IS PUT INTO THE PATIENT’S BELLY, AND SPECIAL FLUID IS USED TO FILTER THE BLOOD

IN HEMODIALYSIS, SURGERY MAY BEPERFORMED ON THE ARMS OR LEGS TO INSERTGRAFTS OR FISTULAS. THESE ARE CONNECTEDTO BLOOD VESSELS AND ALLOW THE DIALYSISMACHINE TO ACCESS THE PATIENT’S BLOOD. THOSE WITH FISTULAS OR GRAFTS ACTS, AS ACATHETER THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO A BLOODVESSEL TO COLLECT THE BLOOD.

THE BLOOD GOES INTO THE MACHINE THATFILTERS IT, THEN RETURNS CLEAN BLOOD TOTHE PATIENT’S BODY.

IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS , A SOFT TUBE CALLED APERITONEAL CATHETER IS PUT INTO THE BELLY BYWAY OF OPERATION. A SOLUTION IS PUTTHROUGH THE CATHETER INTO YOUR BELLY. THEINSIDE WALLS OF THE BELLY ARE LINED WITH AMEMBRANE CALLED THE PERITONEUM, WHICHALLOWS WASTED PRODUCTS AND EXTRA FLUID TOPASS FROM THE BLOOD INTO THE DIALYSISSOLUTION.

THE WASTE AND FLUID LEAVES THE BODY WHENTHE DIALYSIS SOLUTION IS DRAINED.

DIALYSIS MACHINE

DIALYSIS

A DIALYSIS CLEANING THE BLOODA PATIENT GOING THROUGH THE

PROCESS OF DIALYSIS

SAMPLE OF PERITONEAL

PERITONEAL PROCESS A PERSON BEING TREATED

DEFIBRILLATION

DEFIBRILLATION IS A TREATMENT FOR THE LIFETHREATENING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS,VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION AND PLUSELESSVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA. SIMPLY PUT, WHEN THE HEART IS NOT BEATING IN THE WAYIT SHOULD BEAT, THE DEFIBRILLATOR ALLOWS ITTO GO BACK TO ITS NORMAL BEAT.

SAMPLES OF DEFIBRILLATORSA DEFIBRILATOR AT WORK IN THE

HEARTPATIENT BEING TREATED USING A TYPE

OF DRIBRILATOR

ARTIFICIAL PACEMAKER

THIS IS A MEDICAL DEVICE WHICH IS USED TOREGULATE THE BEATING OF THE HEART. THEREAL PURPOSE OF A PACEMAKER IS TO KEEP ANADEQUATE HEART RATE, EITHER BECAUSE THEHEART’S REAL PACE MAKER IS NOT FASTENOUGH, OR THERE IS A BLOCK IN THE HEART’SELECTRICAL CONDUCTION SYSTEM. THIS IS SIMPLY THE PROCESS THAT MAKES YOUR HEART BEAT.

A PACE MAKERS

SAMPLE OF PACE MAKERS PACE MAKER IN THE HEART OF A

PATIENTPACE MAKER IN THE HEART OF A

PATIENT

A PACE MAKER SEEN FROM OUTSIDE