An oxygen mask provides a method to transfer breathing oxygen gas from a storage tank to the lungs. Oxygen masks may cover the nose and mouth (oral nasal mask) or the entire face (full-face mask). They may be made of plastic, silicone, or rubber.
Face masks that are designed to provide general anaesthesia inhalation gas to operative patients are called anaesthesia masks.[1] These masks are made of materials (anti static rubber or silicon) that are resistant to creating a spark or static electric discharge. The masks often use a Y fitting upon the mask and a double breathing hose system. O...
An infusion set is used with an insulin pump as part of intensive insulin therapy. The purpose of an infusion set is to deliver insulin under the skin. It is a complete tubing system to connect an insulin pump to the pump user: it includes a subcutaneous cannula, adhesive mount, quick-disconnect, and a pump cartridge connector.
Firstly, the user must attach a reservoir of insulin to the set and connect it to the pump. The set is then "primed" - the pump pushes insulin quickly through the tubing and the cannula to ensure no air is in the system before insertion. Note that it is vital that t...
C.R. Bard makes consumable medical products used for surgical, diagnostic and patient care purposes. It specializes in the vascular, urology and oncology markets. These products are typically discarded after a single use.
BCR markets its medical products in more than 100 countries. It generated 69.6% of first nine month 2008 net sales in the U.S., 18.6% in Europe, 5.1% in Japan and 6.7% in all other regions.
Urology products accounted for 28.6% of first nine month net sales. Its best-selling product is the Foley catheter. Other products include surgical slings for treating st...
The year 2008 ended with a snowstorm and 2009 is beginning with some frigid temperatures.If you go out for the New Year, where hats, gloves and lots of layers. There is a wind chill advisory Thursday morning. It was issued because the wind chill index might reach 15 to 24 degrees below 0 for at least three hours.The thermometer measured 7 degrees in Glastonbury early Thursday but the wind chill made it feels like it's 5 below.The eastern part of the state saw the most white. From Norwich to Putnam, 7-and-a-half inches piled up Wednesday.The National Weather Service recommends ...
VietNamNet Bridge – Health workers in the country are at serious risk of contracting the hepatitis B virus due to exposure to blood and body fluids and lack of knowledge on safety measures.
Among the 35mil healthcare workers worldwide, about 3mil experience percutaneous exposures to bloodborne pathogens each year.A seminar focusing on hepatitis B and liver cancer prevention in HCM City this week high-lighted the problem for health workers.
About 17.6 per cent of them may be exposed to the hepatitis B virus, the disease that can cause a host of effects including ...
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine:
Patrick Rhoden knows all too well what it's like not being able to walk. What he has mastered, however, is bringing joy and much needed assistance to those who need it most. That's why his recent donation of three motorised wheelchairs to needy persons with disabilities, was in his opinion, only duty bound.
December 31, 2008 was a special day for 11-year-old Sasha-Gaye Thompson who received a motorised wheelchair after being rendered disabled after a tragic accident at her school on April 19, 2007.
Special day
"I feel very good to know th...
PATNA: Scenes of ailing ones being carried on cots to hospitals are not uncommon in the hinterland of Bihar. One such scene gave inspiration to an entrepreneur from Bihar to find a more dignified way of carrying such patients in rural areas to hospitals.
Meet Vijay Jain, who has designed an ambulance keeping in mind the ground realities of rural Bihar. Owner of a firm, which specialises in manufacturing electronics goods, Jain worked for over two months to design this ambulance.
Its unique feature is that it has been built using the body of a tricycle. While the front sea...
The Iloilo Provincial Government intends to spend P23 million for cash gift of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs). Which opens to mind this position and consideration – Shouldn't the proposed P23 million this province have should and must benefit, as far as practicable, the most number of Iloilo's constituents?
This earnest suggestion then – how about spending the amount on equipment that will benefit everybody regardless of color, creed or political preference?
Isn't that a more judicious spending of public funds? Say for instance one nebulizer and one sphygmomanometer (com...
The sphygmomanometer, or 'sphyg' for short, is a device used to measure blood pressure. It can also be called a blood pressure meter. Blood pressure is the force exerted by the blood on blood vessel walls as the heart pumps it around the body. When the blood pressure is higher than normal it is called hypertension or high blood pressure. Hypertension is a major killer in our society through strokes, heart attacks and kidney diseases. Hypertension usually does not present with any symptoms so most people who have it don't know they do, until they have their blood pressure checked during a ...