Operating table
It is a table on which a patient lies during a surgical procedure
Operating table
It is a table on which a patient lies during a surgical procedure
Place the tape measure around the LEFT arm (the arm should be relaxed and hang down the side of the body).
Measure the MUAC while ensuring that the tape neither pinches the arm nor is left loose.
Read the measurement from the window of the tape or from the tape. Record the MUAC to the nearest 0.1 cm or 1mm.
MUAC is measured in adults and children, to the nearest 0.1 cm, using a flexible non stretch tape laid at the midpoint between the acromion and olecranon processes on the shoulder blade and the ulna, respectively, of the arm.
MUAC is a measure of the sum of the muscle and subcutaneous fat in the upper arm.
MUAC, is a measurement that allows health workers to quickly determine if a patient is acutely malnourished. PIH, as well as many other organizations, measures the circumference of a patient’s arm at the midpoint between his or her shoulder and elbow
How an infusion pump works
Infusion is a method of putting fluids including drugs into the blood stream.
An infusion pump draws fluid from a standard bag of IV fluid and controls the rate of flow.
It provides accurate and continuous therapy, can use any size bag of IV
Fluids can be delivered at either very slow or fast rate