Anesthesia equipment
This section aims to help you understand, in a simplified way, the physics principles used in medical equipment. Please click on the topics below:
- Pulse oximeter
- Endotracheal tubes
- Vaporisers
- Ultrasound basics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging basics
- Electricity basics
- Electrical safety
- Defibrillators
- Capnography
- Circle breathing system
- International System of Units
Other interesting anaesthesia topics
- Most famous CO2 absorber in the world: The story of Apollo 13
- Amazing experimental laryngeal masks: The history of the LMA
- Ancient equipment used to cause pain (yes, it is weird)
- Interesting historical anaesthesia equipment
- Leonardo da Vinci invented breathing systems 500 years ago!
- Short history of laughing gas & ether
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