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ED nurses at University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City created a fanny pack to use for trauma cases, which puts commonly used drugs at nurses' fingertips. "The trauma pack contains many incidentals that are needed to work a trauma patient," says Alison Wright, RN, BSN, nurse educator for the ED. "It is very helpful because frequently we have five minutes or less to prepare for a patient."

Tip of the Month: Use fanny pack to store trauma supplies

July 1, 2006

TIP of the Month

Use fanny pack to store trauma supplies

ED nurses at University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City created a fanny pack to use for trauma cases, which puts commonly used drugs at nurses' fingertips. "The trauma pack contains many incidentals that are needed to work a trauma patient," says Alison Wright, RN, BSN, nurse educator for the ED. "It is very helpful because frequently we have five minutes or less to prepare for a patient."

Items in fanny pack

The pack is ideal to use when transporting patients to computed tomography and radiology. It is filled by the pharmacy and contains the following items:

  • assortment of syringes and needles;
  • alcohol wipes;
  • medications: promethazine 25 mg vial, cefazolin 1 gm bottle, normal saline 10 cc bottles, and vecuronium bromide 10 mg bottle.

"The routine is for the nurse to check out morphine, [midazolam HCI] and [dolasetron] and add it to the zipper pocket," says Wright.

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For more information, contact:

  • Alison Wright, BSN, Nurse Educator, University of Utah Health System, 50 N. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132. Telephone: (801) 585-2808. Fax: (801) 585-7429. E-mail: [email protected].