hemostat
Vessel-compressing forceps
A hemostat is a surgical instrument designed to clamp blood vessels and stop bleeding during medical procedures.
It resembles a pair of scissors but has locking handles and blunt, serrated jaws that grip tissue firmly without cutting.
Surgeons and nurses use hemostats to maintain a clear surgical field while they work.
Outside operating rooms, the term extends to any agent or device that arrests hemorrhage, including chemical compounds applied to wounds.
Medical grasping instrument
- clampDevice for holding tight
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- gripSecure manual hold
- lockMechanism requiring a key
pressure · tourniquet · constriction · occlusion · pinch · squeeze · hold · ligation
Precise surgical knife
- sutureMedical wound closure
- retractorTool exposing surgical field
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- cauterizationBurning tissue medically
ligature · dissection · gauze · operating room · surgeon · coagulation · anesthesia · laparoscopy
Liquid solidifying into mass
- bleeding controlStopping wound blood loss
- blood clottingPlatelets forming solid mass
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- fibrinClot-forming protein
platelet · thrombin · stanching · sealing · cautery · ligation · tamponade · compression
Device preventing unwanted opening
- ratchetToothed one-way mechanism
- finger ringsJewelry encircling digits
- stainless steelRust-proof iron alloy
- fine tipSmall writing point
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- asepticFree from pathogens
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
- sterile fieldUncontaminated surgical workspace
sanitization · antiseptic · decontamination · packaging · reprocessing
forceps
Medical grasping instrument
- clampDevice for holding tight
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- gripSecure manual hold
lock · pressure · tourniquet · constriction · occlusion · pinch · squeeze · hold · ligation · crush
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
cauterization · ligature · dissection · gauze · operating room · surgeon · coagulation · anesthesia · laparoscopy · stitches
coagulation
Liquid solidifying into mass
- bleeding controlStopping wound blood loss
- blood clottingPlatelets forming solid mass
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
fibrin · platelet · thrombin · stanching · sealing · cautery · ligation · tamponade · compression · blood loss
locking mechanism
Device preventing unwanted opening
- ratchetToothed one-way mechanism
- finger ringsJewelry encircling digits
- stainless steelRust-proof iron alloy
autoclave
Pressurized steam sterilization chamber
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- asepticFree from pathogens
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
sterile field · sanitization · antiseptic · decontamination · packaging · reprocessing
- medical equipmentstethoscope, AED, syringe, hospital bed, surgical table
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- extractorsextractor, puller, tweezers, forceps, pliers
- hemostaticsthrombin, fibrin, platelets, clotting factor, tourniquets
- surgical clamps
- Surgical Toolsscalpel, forceps, retractor, clamp, scissors
hemostatanticoagulant
Substance preventing blood clots
blood thinner · heparin · warfarin · thrombolytic · scalpel