IV pole

/ɹˌəʊmən fˈɔː pˈəʊl/

/ɹˌoʊmən fˈoːɹ pˈoʊl/

[noun]

IV pole

[NOUN]

a medical device for holding IV fluid bags and administering fluids or medications to patients

Examples

1. She's actually wearing four continuous glucose monitors that they were testing across her stomach, and the IV pole she's attached to has all the algorithms and the intellectual engine that is making the decision for how much insulin her body needed.

2. Well, if you have this sudden rush, because this virus spreads like wildfire-- literally spreads like wildfire-- we have suddenly have all these people rushing to the hospitals-- there aren't going to be enough doctors, nurses, hospital beds, IV poles.