Emergency Cart contents
Emergency Cart contents / The Crash Cart Supplies
Any environment in which a patient may unexpectedly experience a medical emergency needs to have the equipment to deal with that emergency efficiently. That’s the job of a crash cart. A crash cart contains the equipment and medications that would be required to treat a patient in the first thirty minutes or so of a medical emergency. Although crash carts can differ somewhat depending upon their location, the basic crash cart will contain similar equipment.
There is a basic Emergency cart list ( crash cart list )that all crash carts contain. All carts contain:
- Basic airway equipment
- Bag valve masks, oral and nasal airways, oxygen masks and nasal cannulas.
- Magill forceps
- laryngoscope and endotracheal tube
- Intravenous access equipment
- Monitor equipment with a defibrillator or an AED
- Adult BVM Resuscitator
- Yankauer Suction with Tubing
- Emergency Cricothyrotomy Kit
- Box of Nitrile Gloves
- Luer Lock Syringes – 10mL
- Luer Lock Syringes – 5 mL
- Luer Lock Syringes – 3 mL
- Alcohol Prep Pads
- Transparent 1″ Adhesive Tape Rolls
- Extension Tubes
- 3-Way Stopcocks
- Tourniquets
- Cuffed and uncuffed Endotracheal Tubes
- Intubation Stylet
- ET Tube Holder ………………………… Etc.
- Description
Description
Emergency Cart contents / The Crash Cart Supplies
Ensuring efficiency and organization during emergencies, the Hospital Emergency Trolley is a crucial piece of equipment designed to provide immediate access to essential medical supplies and tools. An emergency cart is used to transport and dispense emergency medications and supplies.
