Description: Used forSome of the monitoring equipment seen in the ICU includes the following: Cardiac or heart monitors: Cardiac monitors are used to monitor the electrical activity of the heart. The monitor looks like a computer screen with lines, or tracings, moving across the screen. The monitor has electrodes that are attached to the patient's chest with sticky pads. Pulse oximeter: A pulse oximeter allows the critical care team to monitor the saturation of oxygen in the blood. It looks like a clothespin and is attached to a patient's finger, or it may be smaller and clipped onto the earlobe.

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