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Roland Orzabal
05-12-2008, 10:53 AM
I think I know what it is, but I want to be sure. It's the part encircled in red in this image (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thingut4.jpg).

Your help is appreciated!
beowulff
05-12-2008, 10:57 AM
Looks like a vital signs monitor (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.colmedsupply.com/images/propaqcs2l.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.colmedsupply.com/lifesupport/lifesupport.html&h=266&w=264&sz=16&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=yWQaBFSiCMmOCM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=112&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvital%2Bsigns%2Bmonitor%26ndsp%3D21%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) to me.
Roland Orzabal
05-12-2008, 11:04 AM
Ok, good, thanks. I was thinking it was a portable ECG. If it serves all the functions of one, and is portable, then it will serve my purposes. Anyone care to confirm those two things?
gotpasswords
05-12-2008, 11:57 AM
Portable vital signs and/or EKG monitor, sitting atop an anesthesia workstation.
WF Tomba
05-12-2008, 12:20 PM
Is it the machine that goes PING?
gotpasswords
05-12-2008, 01:26 PM
Close. It's the machine that goes BING! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lusXJIfB4ys)

Of course the link makes noise - it goes BING!
HeyHomie
05-12-2008, 01:29 PM
It's a flux capacitor.
muldoonthief
05-12-2008, 02:33 PM
Ok, good, thanks. I was thinking it was a portable ECG. If it serves all the functions of one, and is portable, then it will serve my purposes. Anyone care to confirm those two things?

What purposes would those be? Roland Orzabal's E-Z home surgery? Basement torture chamber?
awldune
05-12-2008, 02:38 PM
If you have a heart arythmia or similar, then a personal EKG machine would be handy.
Fear Itself
05-12-2008, 04:36 PM
Is it the machine that goes PING?No it's the machine that goes pocketa-pocketa-queep!!
hellpaso
05-12-2008, 06:47 PM
ok--got it from anesthesiologist so. it's a combination ekg/pulse oximetry/capnography/anesthesia agents monitor/arterial blood pressure monitoring/central venous pressure monitoring/and possibly other things if they're programmed into it. there--direct from my horse's mouth.
beowulff
05-12-2008, 06:50 PM
ok--got it from anesthesiologist so. it's a combination ekg/pulse oximetry/capnography/anesthesia agents monitor/arterial blood pressure monitoring/central venous pressure monitoring/and possibly other things if they're programmed into it. there--direct from my horse's mouth.
Would these signs be important, nay, vital?
Something one might want to monitor?
hellpaso
05-12-2008, 09:18 PM
lol--so true--"vital signs monitor"! but ya know, in the medical parlance, vital signs generally refers to pulse, respiratory rate, and blood pressure. this instrument can be programmed to monitor many other signs necessary to monitor during a general anesthetic.
outlierrn
05-12-2008, 09:26 PM
vital sign machines are a dime a dozen
ones that include 3 lead ekg less so
and those with CO2, art line and CVP capabilities are fairly rare
beowulff
05-12-2008, 10:43 PM
The Vital Signs Monitor I linked to in my first post can display:
3 or 5-lead ECG
Heart/Pulse rate
Smartcuf TM non-invasive blood pressure
NellcorŪ Pulse oximetry
Impedance respiration
Invasive blood pressure (up to 2 channels)
Capnography (mainstream/sidestream)
Temperature
Apnea
Roland Orzabal
05-12-2008, 10:54 PM
What purposes would those be? Roland Orzabal's E-Z home surgery? Basement torture chamber?No, but thanks for the ideas!

Actually, I just need a picture of a portable ECG in a hospital-esque setting for a project I'm working on. Since my knowledge of medical machinery comes largely from watching House, I figured I ought to appeal to a more authoritative source, and since the toaster didn't answer, I came here. Thanks everyone!