- Common equipment in an ICU includes mechanical ventilators to assist breathing through an endotracheal tube or a tracheostomy tube.
- Cardiac monitors including those with telemetry; external pacemakers; defibrillators; dialysis equipment for renal problems etc.
- Equipment for the constant monitoring of bodily functions; a web of intravenous lines, feeding tubes, nasogastric tubes, suction pumps, drains, and catheters and many more.