| Every day, the medical field evolves, becoming | | | | 3. EKG This device provides a digital interpretation |
| steadily more sophisticated and efficient at saving | | | | of the electrical activity of the heart over time, |
| lives. The field of medicine makes leaps and | | | | monitored and externally recorded through the |
| bounds not only in the knowledge of the human | | | | skin. It's a non-evasive means of measuring the |
| body, but also in the technology used to heal it. | | | | heart's health for any discrepancies and |
| Over the history of medicine, several instruments | | | | weaknesses in the heart muscle. It's quite at |
| have come along that completely change the | | | | effective at detecting the future possibility of |
| scope of medical practice. These 5 devices that | | | | heart attacks and takes out the guess work of |
| changed the medical field improved medicine and | | | | heart health. |
| the quality of life that benefited from it. | | | | 4. Infusion Pump This handy device delivers fluids, |
| | | | medication and other nutrients into a patient's |
| 1. The Doppler Fetal Monitor This hand held | | | | circulatory system. It's most often used |
| ultrasound tranducer detects the heartbeat of a | | | | intravenously. An infusion pump ensures that a |
| fetus in prenatal care, using the Doppler effect to | | | | patient is getting a regular supply of blood, |
| present an audible simulation of a heart beat. | | | | medication or food, removing the need for regular |
| Electronic fetal monitors can allow the entire room | | | | feedings or medication times from a nurse. An |
| to hear the heartbeat, making it a perfect bonding | | | | infusion pump minimizes the chance of human |
| time for families awaiting the birth of a newborn. | | | | error, guarantying a regular supply of sustenance. |
| More importantly, the fetal monitor can provide | | | | 5. Electronic Medical Records The most recent |
| critical information about the health of the fetus, | | | | renovation in medical equipment, electronic medical |
| alerting the parents to any heart defects they | | | | records are revolutionizing the way information is |
| should be aware of. | | | | shared between doctors and patients. Traditionally, |
| 2. Heart Lung Machine Medically referred to as the | | | | each doctor has created her own medical records |
| CPB pump, this machine takes over the patient's | | | | on a patient, limiting the information that could be |
| heart and lung capacities to maintain the circulation | | | | shared between doctors if the patient was to see |
| and proper oxygen levels in the body. It is used | | | | a new doctor. Electronic medical records allow |
| during surgery, creating a form of extracorporeal | | | | information to be shared from doctor to doctor. |
| circulation. | | | | |