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Category ICU
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blood Warmer

Blood Warmer: Used with rapid transfusion rates (e.g. >50 mL/kg/hr), in already hypothermic patients or rare conditions where cold fluid delivery is problematic (e.g. cold agglutinins); massive transfusion (avoid hypothermia)
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blood gas syringe

Blood gas syringe: used for blood gas analysis; collection of a blood sample for accurate analysis by a blood gas machine
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blood filter

Blood filter: removal of microaggregates during blood transfusion; platelet, leucocyte and fibrin aggregates form in stored blood and are thought to produce pulmonary microembolism -> pulmonary dysfunction
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blood Culture Bottles

Blood Culture Bottles: tubes for sampling blood for microbiological cultures; detection of circulating microorganisms in bacteraemia and septicaemia
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Bite block

Bite block: Prevent damage a patient from biting down when placing an device in or through the oral cavity, or during an intraoral procedure
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Oxylator

Oxylator: a device that acts as a combination between a bag-valve mask and a portable ventilator; primarily for prehospital use
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Tracheostomy tubes

Tracheostomy tubes: Various types of tubes may be used to provide an airway via a stoma created surgically or using percutaneous dilation