Equipping Excellence

Whether determining the sex of a fetus or getting to the bottom of a mysterious heart murmur, the ultrasound scanner is used in a wide range of diagnostic procedures.

Doctors can now provide gyneco-logical cancer patients with a new and safer standard of care. Using a gamma detection system probe, oncologists can successfully identify the first lymph node to which cancer cells will travel.

A pulse oximeter sends pulses of varying wavelengths of infrared light into the body to measure the percentage of oxygen contained in the blood.

If a physician suspects a patient has lung disease, a a diagnostic instrument called a bronchoscope is passed through the patient’s mouth or nose and into the lungs to inspect the airways and retrieve a tissue sample.

The BiPAP machine is a non-invasive lightweight breathing apparatus that provides support ventilation via a nasal mask.

When patients are hospitalized at the MUHC, cardiac monitors are used to continuously track and record the electrical activity of the heart.